premise: One lady cutting a cake while the other is holding a plate with other plates stacked up in front of her. hypothesis: two people serving cake.
neutral: People can refer to any gender, not just ladies.  Just because one lady is cutting a cake and the other is holding a plate does not imply that they are serving cake.  They could be cutting the cake for other reasons, such as taking parts of the cake home or cutting off a damage part of the cake.