Monday, November 12, 2012

  Largest cream cake: Swiss chefs set world record (VIDEO)

GENEVA, Switzerland -- A pastry shop in Geneva, Switzerland has celebrated its 25th birthday by baking a giant cream cake which measured in at 1,200 meters long, which converts into about 4,000 feet of sugar, flour and cream - setting the new world record for the Largest cream cake, according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/.

  Photo: Chefs in Switzerland spent the weekend assembling the world's largest cream cake -- a whopping 1,200 meters long. ( enlarge photo )

The Guinness world record for the largest ice cream cake weighed 10.13 tonnes (22,333.6 lb) and was achieved by Dairy Queen Canada at Yonge-Dundas Square in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the longest line of cakes; it measured 571.5 m (1,875 ft) and was achieved by Ricca's Italian Bakery (USA) in Hammonton, New Jersey, USA.

  Guinness World Records officials certified the cake as the longest pastry of its kind, beating a 1992 Guinness world record set in Belgium.

  The cake was to be sold, piece by pieces, with proceeds benefiting breast cancer research.

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