And in fact I think the reason that we included a chapter like that is because a lot of people do at-home cake decorating, and marzipan and fondant are, like, really important in cake decorating.
Even after her house is partially consumed in a fire, forcing Maudie to seek temporary shelter in the home a rival Lane cake baker, she schemes ways to continue Lane cake production.
But is your question about whether a person should ever ask to take food home? (To which the answer is: probably not, although you can drop hints about the coffee cake and see what happens.) Or are you wondering about how you should have behaved once someone did pose that question?