The theme of the first round of the Cake Grand Prix is a pound cake that "you can enjoy with your family." And Team Ichigo is up against a bunch of mean third years whose sweets are good enough for the Salon de Marie! Ichigo, Kashino, and Andoh all come up with good ideas and start perfecting their creations, but Hanabusa can’t get his pound cake with wild rose water to turn out right. Frustrated, he leaves to be by himself for a bit, but Ichigo chases after him to find out the real reason behind his obsession with making a rose cake.  It turns out that rose water holds deep, painful memories...