Cairo’s First Cake Picnic Lands at DRNK on December 13th

On Saturday, December 13th, DRNK at Majarrah Mall is turning into a soft, sugar-scented commons for the first Cairo Cake Picnic, an event built on one simple rule: No cake, no entry. A fair enough social contract written in sponge.

The premise is disarmingly wholesome. Sixty bakers — amateur, enthusiast, occasional-disaster-but-trying — gather in two slots. Each participant brings a cake they made with their own two hands and possibly some late-night existential spiralling. Everyone shares, tastes, chats, sets up their shots, and quietly prays their ganache doesn’t melt under someone’s ring light.

It’s part picnic, part community bake-off, part content day, but without the competitive tension or that one contestant who insists their cake is “rustic.” Here, cakes get eaten, not judged. Style is encouraged; perfection is irrelevant; joy is mandatory.

Applications are open, though spaces are capped at 60, with 30 reserved for each slot, to preserve the ecosystem and prevent frosting-related crowd disasters. If selected, you’ll get a private ticket link. A ticket is EGP 500 and covers your entry, a plus one (yes, even if they’re only there for moral support), and one drink from the Cairo Cake Picnic menu at DRNK.

There are rules, of course. Bring a cake you made. Arrive ready. Upload two to four photos of past cakes so they know you’re serious (or at least committed). And don’t apply if you're not sure you can come. No one likes a no-show especially if it throws the whole cake universe off its axis.

Slot A in the morning runs from 10 AM to 1 PM, while Slot B in the afternoon goes from 2 PM to 5 PM. And although content creation is encouraged, it’s optional. You can simply show up and eat cake — an underrated act of self-care in our opinion.