SAN FRANCISCO – They came from San Francisco, they came from Oakland, they came from New York and Seattle. And each and every one of them bought a cake.
A total of 613 cakes, to be exact.
At Cake Picnic, there was but one cardinal rule: “No cake, no entry.”
Like a fever dream of cake goodness, hundreds of bakers converged at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor museum on Saturday. The scene was like something out of a children’s book: Dozens of long tables adorned with cake upon cake upon delicious, majestic, enticing cake.
Layer cakes, bundt cakes, square cakes, four-foot-long cakes, birthday cakes, tiered cakes, tortes, wedding cakes, slumping cakes and cupcakes – “It’s a cake potluck. Or a cake heaven, cake nirvana, cake buffet. Call it whatever you want to call it – I call it a cake picnic,” said organizer Elisa Sunga.
The Saturday event drew hundreds of people who collectively brought 613 cakes. On a sunny, crisp and glorious fall day in the far northwest corner of San Francisco, Sunga was surrounded by proud bakers, happy onlookers and many, many cakes.