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.