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16 Biggest Cakes In The World
Cakes are bakery products that are rich in sugar, fat and eggs, and can be accompanied with a wide variety of inclusions like fruits and flavors such as vanilla extracts. They represent a very important segment within the baking industry.
The first kinds were produced by mixing white flour, eggs, fresh butter, and table sugar. These were called pound cakes, the first known type of batter cakes. The next generation was developed when bakers found that a lighter, fluffier product could be made by whipping the eggs, and then folding in sugar and flour. This became known as the foam type.
It’s true when they say that we eat with our eyes. While simple elegance can make a stunning statement, no one can ignore a buttercream dream that almost grazes the ceiling. So feast your eyes on these cakes, people. The size alone will blow your mind!
Did You Know?
Red Velvet Cake Recipe was an act of revenge – one of the interesting cake facts about Red Velvet is that this recipe was known to the public for revenge. A lady ate a red velvet cake in the restaurant and liked it quite a lot. She asked the restaurant for the recipe and they charged $ 100 for the same. She became enraged and widely circulated the recipe for revenge.
16. Grandpa’s Cake
Location: Telangana, India
Weight: 50 pounds
The 73-year-old Narayana Reddy, fondly known as Grandpa for his popular cooking channel on YouTube Grandpa Kitchen cooked delicious meals for children and also served food to orphans in his community. He was 73 when he passed away but left a lot of sweet memories behind.
In his cookery videos, Grandpa would sit in a field and prepared considerably large portions of food. Grandpa’s menu was diverse and included dishes ranging from Chicken Biryani, pizza, burgers, chicken lollipops, crispy potato fingers and cakes.
In one of his videos, Grandpa bakes an Oreo cake with as many as 200 oreo biscuit packets. His grandchildren help him in baking the mammoth cake, which later is distributed among poor children. In the end, grandpa also takes a slice of his cake and calls it ‘yummy.’
15. Bengaluru’s Christmas Cake
Location: Bengaluru, India
Weight: 100 pounds
A bakery in Bengaluru displayed what it claims to be the biggest cake. Just Bake, the bakery, used 1700 eggs, 550 kilograms of cake flour, 600 kgs of butter and 1700 kgs of fruits for this larger than life cake ahead of Christmas season.
The officials at ‘Just Bake’ claim that their cake is 13 times bigger than the current record. It took around 30 chefs and near about three months to complete this master creation.
14. Hotel Taj Cake
Location: Bengaluru, India
Weight: 100 pounds
Showcased during the 36th Annual Cake Exhibition, the sweet replica of Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Palace Hotel was the star of the show in 2010. Made out of approximately five tons of sugar, and at 22 feet long and 14 feet wide, it earned its name in the record books as the biggest cake ever made in India.
A team of chefs and food artists worked around the clock to prepare the replica of the iconic Mumbai hotel ready in time for Christmas, as a tribute to the landmark attacked by terrorists, in 2008. The impressive-looking cake could be admired by visitors during the cake show, in Bangalore from December 17-27, 2010.
13. Christmas Cake
Location: Shanghai
Weight: 100 pounds
A cake more that 1 km long achieved a new Guinness World Record, during a charity event to raise money for children with cancer in December 2011.
The world’s longest ever Christmas cake, a 1,068 metre-long (3,504 foot) was a vanilla log, with a bitter chocolate frosting, as pastry chef Yusuf Yaran explained. It was created by 80 cooks from the Pudong Shangri-la Hotel in Shanghai and assembled on 156 tables lined up in the hotel lobby.
12. Giant Fruit Sponge Cake
Location: China
Weight: 100 pounds
A steamer measuring eight meters in diameter and weighing two tons was used to cook sponge cake at a scenic area in Yichun City, East China’s Jiangxi Province, Dec. 27, 2018.
More than 88,000 pieces of cake were made and offered to tourists for free, along with wishes for success. The number 8 is considered lucky in Chinese culture because the pronunciation of ‘eight’ in Mandarin Chinese is close to that of the phrase meaning ‘to make a fortune.’
11. Make-A-Wish
Location: England
Weight: 150 pounds
A team of cake bakers attempted to break the Guinness World Records in 2014 for the largest cake sculpture to raise funds for charity Make-A-Wish. The epic challenge was undertaken by Fairy supports the annual Bake-A-Wish fundraising effort by its partner Make-A-Wish, the charity that grants magical wishes to children and young people fighting life-threatening conditions.
The cake was assembled at Westfield Shepherds Bush shopping centre in the North Atrium. To break the record, which later fed 12,000 people, Fairy also aimed to wash up all 12,000 dirty cake plates with just one 870 ml bottle of Fairy Original washing up liquid.
The record attempt was launched by actress and presenter Amanda Holden. She cut the first slice of the giant cake sculpture which stood at a gargantuan 12metres x 10metres. For a suggested donation of £1, hungry punters could enjoy a slice of cake with all proceeds going directly to Make-A-Wish.
The record was formerly held by King Abdulaziz International Airport in association with Saadeddin Pastry in Saudi Arabia. Made on 23 September 2013 the cake measured 11.70 metres long by 9.20 metres wide and it was in the shape of the Saudi Arabia map to celebrate Saudi Arabia national day.
10. Halloween’s Last Hurrah
Location: USA
Weight: 200 pounds
This is by far the biggest Halloween cake ever to be made in the USA in the year 2010. The massive cake took about 75 people to assemble it for 48 hours. Besides these people, there were three team renowned leaders who had years of experience in building cakes.
These people built a haunted house cake and the end result was a beautiful three areas of a panorama and could be seen all the way round. The cake was so huge that it was equivalent to five wedding cakes.
The cake with all its elements like the ghosts, frankenstein, trees, spiders and bats took 3,000 pounds of fondant, 32’x28′ of stage space, and over 1,000 lbs of cake to create the Largest Tableau ever made.
9. Dong-Yan Wedding Cake
Location: Philippines
Weight: 264 pounds
The Dong-Yan Wedding Cake is one of the biggest cake in the world. The five-tiered 12-foot and 264 pounds wedding cake took Goldilocks 1 month to make it and it was the idea of Dingdong. But aside from the massive size, it is not just an ordinary wedding cake. The #DongYanWedding cake was a 3D mapped cake with lights/images projected directly onto the cake.
The 12-foot wedding cake from Goldilocks which newlyweds and TV superstars Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes shared had become a hot topic in 2015, with many people speculating on its exact cost. It had caught the attention of the international media as well.
Giving it the illusion of tactile depth or a majestic glow of the cake. With the new idea, the couple took their guests to a whole new experience on their wedding day. The 12-foot 5-tiered cake made by Goldilocks had to be carried by 10 people to the the Mall of Asia Arena for the reception.
8. Giant Italian Cake
Location: Milan
Weight: 500 pounds
A giant cake, measuring 16.46 metres long by 13.94 metres wide, was decorated with a map of Italy and its most famous monuments. The cake was created by 300 bakers and designers from Italy’s National Association of Cake Designers during the Hobby Show at the Milan Trade Fair in October, 2015.
The cake measured 16.46 metres long by 13.94 metres wide and had a total surface area of 244 square metres. It weighed more than a tonne, Italian news agency Ansa reported. The cake was made with a a large sponge base, topped with icing sugar. This was then decorated with intricate, icing sugar models of Italy’s major landmarks, including the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Alps.
Bakers and designers worked tirelessly for four days to complete the impressive dessert, before Guinness Judge, Lorenzo Veltri officially confirmed it as the largest cake sculpture ever.
After the record was confirmed, the cake was cut into 12,000 individual portions and distributed to visitors at the Milan Trade Fair.
7. Sturminster Cheese Fest
Location: Dorset
Weight: 700 pounds
A baker in Dorset has crafted the world’s largest cake. This magnanimous cake measured 5 feet in width, with 50 stone Victoria Sponge. Steven Oxford set the record for the biggest cake ever as part of the Sturminster Newton cheese festival, which took place in September 2017.
The 36-year-old baker spent a week on the calorie-packed creation, lobbing 700 eggs and 500 lbs of flour, butter and sugar into the mix.
An industrial bread oven was used to cook the two halves, which had to be baked in bespoke steel tings weighing 220 lbs each. A forklift truck had to be used to put said tins in and out of said massive oven. He presented the sweet treat to his son Samuel, who was celebrating his third birthday, at the cheese festival.
6. Therese Lindgren Cake
Location: Stockholm
Weight: 1019 pounds
In order to celebrate the Guinness World Records Day in a grand way, youtuber Therese Lindgren and a team of his friends made the world’s largest vegan cake. The sweet treat weighed in at a whopping 462.4 kg (1019 lb 6 oz), as confirmed by official Guinness World Records adjudicator Pravin Patel, who was invited along to verify the achievement.
In order to break the record, the semolina cake had to contain no animal products whatsoever. At a vegetarian school kitchen in Stockholm, the cake was created in 5 kg slabs and then baked 10 at a time. The 56 sections were then joined together with frosting.
The recipe for success contained a staggering 44.5 kg sugar, 3.56 kg flour, 62.3 kg semolina and 89 kg soya yoghurt. The cake was then topped with 26.7 kg whipped soy cream and 35.6 kg strawberries – among many other ingredients.
Therese – who boasts over 500,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel – took on this challenge to create awareness about veganism.
5. Lamington Cake
Location: New Zealand
Weight: 6100 pounds
The world’s biggest lamington has been made by a group of bakers in New Zealand who smashed the previous record set by Australia. The 17-level treat weighed in at 6,100 pounds, took nine hours to make and is the equivalent of 50,000 regular lamingtons.
It was created by charity group Cook’s Night Off in Auckland on Tuesday to celebrate World Lamington Day. The New Zealanders broke the world record for the largest lamington set by Australia in 2011, which came in at a respectable 5,200 pounds.
The team of bakers used 13,000 eggs, more than 1100 pounds of flour and 1433 pounds f sugar to create their record-setting treat.
4. Rocking Star Cake
Location: Karnataka, South India
Weight: 12,566 pounds
On the occasion of the birthday celebration of Naveen Kumar Gowda aka Rocking Star Yash, a huge cake was made in an overwhelming tribute to the actor. The cake was a tribute to the actor by his fan Venu Gowda. This cake also earned a name in World Records India.
The total width of the cake was 2813 sqaure feet and it weighed more than 12,566 pounds! 110 pounds of dry fruits, 4000 pounds of flour, 2535 pounds of sugar and butter cream, 110 pounds of clarified butter and 22,500 eggs was used to make the massive cake.
The cake was displayed on January 7, 2020 in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The cake was prepared by Sri Ram Bhavan Sweets and bakery with the help of 20 people. It took 96 man hours to complete the mammoth birthday cake.
3. Wedding Cake
Location: Mohegan Sun Hotel and Casino, USA
Weight: 15,032 pounds
The biggest wedding cake in the world was at Mohegan Sun Hotel and Casino in the United States Of America. The cake weighed 6.818 tonnes (15,032 lb) and was made by chefs of the Casino and was displayed at their New England bridal showcase on February 8, 2004.
According to a representative from Guinness World Records, the cake was by the Casino’s chef Lynn Mansel and a team of 57 chefs and “pastry artisans” at a New England showcase in Uncasville, Conn. The cake itself weighed in at 6.818 tonnes (15,032 pounds) and had seven tiers — each of which took two forklift trucks to raise. If this cake were at a real wedding, it could have fed 59,000 people and evidently weighed more than a bull elephant.
2. Indonesian Cake
Location: Dorset
Weight: 40,000 pounds
This cake, made by Hakasima-Nilasari Culinary School for the event Amazing Christmas and exhibited in Senayan City, Jakarta, Indonesia, is the tallest cake in the world. Measuring 33 metres tall, this cake was on exhibit from November 28 to December 8, 2008.
This massive cake was 33 metre in height, 9 metre in width and weighed a massive 40,000 pounds! The ingredients that were used to bake this massive cake included 3858 pounds of powdered sugar, 3571 pounds of sugar, 3571 pounds of margarine, 357 pounds of powdered milk, 535 pounds of powdered chocolate, 100 litres of liquid sugar and 7142 pounds of eggs.
1. Thrissur Cake
Location: Thrissur, South India
Weight: 59,524 pounds
The Thrissur cake in India weighed a whopping 59,524 pounds and was a massive 6.5 kilometers long with 2.5 cm of width as well!
In a new record-breaking baking effort, about 1,500 bakers and chefs in South India came together and baked 17,388 ft cake, which is the world’s longest cake till date. The vanilla cake with chocolate frosting was an attempt to topple a world record held by bakers in China.
The vanilla cake with chocolate ganache frosting stretched across thousands of tables and desks set up across a festival ground and adjacent roads in the city of Thrissur in the coastal state of Kerala. According to reports, the cake was 10 centimetres wide and thick, weighing approximately 59,524 pounds!
Wearing traditional whites and toque blanche caps, the chefs spent nearly four hours to put it together using 26,455 pounds of sugar and flour.
