Dee’s ideal birthday would be a quiet get-together with close friends, but her gregarious younger sister Cristina has different plans for their joint party - emotions are running high before the night has even begun, and then there’s the matter of Dee’s not-so-secret crush …

Cake & Candles follows a year in the life of best friends Dee, Trix and Kat as they navigate birthdays, relationships and growing up in the vibrant heart of London’s queer scene.