“Sitting in Bars with Cake” is based on a true story spanning ten years of baking history
Sitting in Bars with Cake is the latest film from Prime Video and while the comedy’s premise is certainly strange, the film actually tells an incredible true story.
Most romantic comedies try to captivate their audience with something unique that helps them stand out from the romantic comedy crowd, and Prime Video’s latest film, Sitting in Bars with Cake, certainly offers viewers a piece Variety.
Sitting in Bars with Cake release date and plot preview.
“Sitting in Bars with Cake” made its way to Prime Video on Friday, September 8, 2023.
The film, starring Yara Shahidi and Odessa A’zion, tells the story of best friends Jane and Corinne, who couldn’t be more different. While Corinne is an excited extrovert, Jane is a shy introvert with an incredible talent for baking.
Together, the two friends come up with a plan to experience more of Los Angeles’ nightlife and help Jane find a boyfriend.
Their plan involves Jane baking cakes and taking them to bars around the city to meet new people and break the ice – a phenomenon they call “cakebarring.”
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The real story behind “Sitting in Bars with Cake.”
As the film and its trailer have repeatedly emphasized, Sitting in Bars with Cake is based on an incredible true story.
The character of Jane is actually inspired by the real-life founder of cake barring, Audrey Shulman.
Corinne, on the other hand, is based on Audrey’s late friend Chrissy Osmulski, who died in 2015 after a two-year battle with cancer.
Audrey developed the cakebarring dating strategy after taking a cake to a bar to celebrate her best friend’s birthday in 2012.
The cake was so well received that she decided to make it regularly, and in 2013, Audrey posted about her experience with the cake in an online blog.
In 2015, Audrey published a book called Sitting in Bars with Cake: Lessons and Recipes from One Year of Trying to Bake My Way to a Boyfriend, which chronicled 35 of her cakebarring efforts, including recipes of the cakes she baked.
Following the Books Success, a film contract wasn’t long in coming and Audrey was even able to write the script herself.
Audrey Shulman talks about her cakebarring story
Audrey Shulman spoke to AMNY in 2015 the influences discussed behind the cakebarring phenomenon and how the experience changed her life.
“There’s something about cutting a man a piece of cake that makes him stick with it,” she explained. “It’s almost as if there was an implied conversation that was supposed to happen afterward, since you just made an effort to give him something.”
“I didn’t want to wait for the right man to read my online dating profile,” she continued. “It allowed my friends and I to explore new bars in Los Angeles—new parts of the city, actually—and meet people we wanted to talk to.”
“Cake is this strange, universal magnet, no matter what kind it is,” Audrey added. “Chocolate is always a winner, but I’ve met people who like to eat sweet potato cake, Greek yogurt cake, and definitely cakes that I’ve made with alcohol in them.”
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Sitting in bars with cake is available for streaming now on Prime Video after coming out of the oven on Friday, September 8, 2023.
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