Let me start of by saying that while this movie had some promise, to my ear it didn't quite deliver. The other thing you hsould know is that this is not the romantic drama or comedy that you might think it is from reading the blurp on the plane. This gets sad fast, and it never much recovers from that.
So the punch line is delivered first, but here is the structure that it was built on.
So, it is not really about the cake part of the equation, even though it starts off there. Jane and Corinne have been friends since elementary school. They live in Los Angeles, are roommates, and also work in the same PR agency, based in the Capitol Records building. Corinne is an assistant to a swashbuckling powerhouse and she is the bubbly effervessant half of the friendship. Jane works in the mail room. She spends her free time baking, afraid to tell her high-powered parents she doesn't want to be a lawyer. The extroverted Corinne thinks quiet Jane needs to have more fun. The idea is born: Jane should bake cakes and bring them to bars--this dies not come out of nowhere--Jane is an amazing baker, who dreams up unusual cake ideas and then executes them to perfection. Corrine thinks that cake could be the icebreaker that Jane needs to meet guys. You gotta have a gimmick? Probably not, Jane could meet guys who Corrine's light brings in, but there's not much of a plot in that. The nightlife of Los Angeles holds no appeal for Jane, but she goes along with the plan. Then comes the serious part, which will go without saying beyond what was revealed above.
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