Saturday, November 5, 2011
Largest Armadillo Cake: Goode Company sets world record
HOUSTON, TX, USA -- Lisa Green of Kiss the Cook Cakes fashioned "Fred", a giant red velvet armadillo cake for the Goode Company; it measured about 10 feet long, 5 feet across and 4 feet high , setting the world record for the Largest Red Velvet Armadillo Cake while raising funds for Houston Food Bank, according to World Record Academy (www.worldrecordacademy.com).
Photo: Lisa Green with Kiss the Cook Cakes, right, hands Paul Sweryda, left, a piece from her world's largest red velvet armadillo cake at Goode's Armadillo Palace in Houston. Photo: Cody Duty (enlarge photo)
The Guinness world record for the largest truffle cake is 1,041 kg (2,295 lb) and was made by the Asociacion de pasteleros de Burgos to celebrate the centenary of CAJA CIRCULO in Plaza España, Burgos, Spain.
Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the largest pistachio marzipan sweet; it weighed 4.1984 tonnes (9,255 lb 14 oz) and was made by 225 chefs in an event organised by Spacetel Syria at Hamadanya Stadium, Aleppo, Syria.
Inspired by the 50-foot landmark tourist attraction outside Armadillo Palace, Green fashioned "Fred" from 472 red velvet cakes, 300 pounds of powdered sugar, 250 blocks of cream cheese, 250 blocks of butter and 300 pounds of chocolate and vanilla fondant.
The World's Largest Armadillo Cake, able to feed 5,000 people, took 16 hours to construct and cost almost $10,000.
"Cake is my life, what can I say," Green said.
Related world records:
Most expensive chocolate pudding: Chef Marc Guibert
Largest chocolate bar: Thorntons breaks Guinness world record (Video)
Largest Chocolate Bar: 12,000-pound chocolate bar (Video)
Largest cottage pie: Welwyn one tonne pie set world record
Largest cream puff: Wisconsin bakers (Video)
Longest Chain of Ice Cream Sundae: Briarwood Day Camp (Video)
Largest box of doughnuts: Voodoo Doughnuts set world record
Hottest Pie: Ron Bruns of Bremen Patisserie
Most flavours of ice cream displayed: Matt and Mike Casarez
Most Layers in a Layer Cake: Toronto bakeries
Most Cupcakes on a Display Tower: Barrington (Video)
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