The official finger food of Pride is…

Given: Cake is delicious. (How it ranks against pie is an entirely subjective matter, which I’m sure you can discuss amongst yourselves.) Rainbow cake is even more delicious. Rainbow wedding cake is so delicious that it will put on a Barry Manilow CD and make sweet, sweet love to your tongue.

Dilemma: Cake is difficult to eat while standing still or moving. It requires forks, which cause hundreds of thousands of deaths every second (approximately). This makes it difficult to eat in a festive setting such as Pride.

Question: How do we make delicious rainbow cake into a more easily consumable morsel for today’s queer on the go?

Answer: MINI RAINBOW WEDDING CAKES. All the deliciousness of rainbow wedding cakes, but they’re tiny.

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