Bear!! What is the significance of the girl with THE CAKE??? It doesn't seem to fit in the movie! Just some girl barging in and then offering Spidey cake!
Is there more to the story?
Yeah, she symbolizes Spidey's conflict between the life he wants and the life he must leave. She's offering him the easy life - cake - but he knows it'll make it fat.
Or not.
I *think* earlier in the script, she sees her father being mean to him. IIRC they are sitting for dinner and Spidey.. er.. Peter walks by. The dad says something about the rent and takes Peter's last $20. I feel she was only trying to be nice. That, or she thinks he is hot and it trying to win points ;-)
Well, the answer is, I don't know what the significance is! I remember thinking it seemed meaningful that Peter was totally clueless about the girl having a crush on him, just like Mary Jane was totally clueless about Peter's feelings... but that's it.