Worlds Largest Carrot Cake

Colossal carrot cake batters world record
Cake celebrates 50th anniversary of Guildford Town Centre

The Guildford Town Centre is marking its 50th anniversary — with a whopping 2200 kilogram carrot cake.

The giant carrot confection was prepared by the bakers at the Saint Germain Bakery who hoped the cake would smash the Guinness World Record for world's largest carrot cake.

Mickey Zhao, co-owner of the bakery, said bakers have been prepping the cake since Oct. 30.
Carrot cake bakers

Bakers at the Saint Germain bakery consult each other before preparing what they hoped will be the world's largest carrot cake. (Mickey Zhao)

"We have 10 staff and we have been working every day for long hours to prep for this cake," he said.
Bags of Carrots

500 kilograms of carrots went into the cake. (Mickey Zhao)

The batter used 500 kilograms of carrots, 4,300 eggs, 500 kilograms of sugar and 625 kilograms of flour.
Carrot cake with pineapple

Carrots mix with pineapple in the St. Germain bakery, as the batter is batch mixed. Carrot cake was chosen for its ability to preserve well in room temperature. (Mickey Zhao)

The cake was baked individually in pans — 600 times — and then transported to the Guildford Town Centre where it was assembled.
Baked in pans

The cake was baked in individual 16 X 24 slabs — 600 in total. The cake's resulting size is expected to be 20 feet by 20 feet by four inches high. (Mickey Zhao)

Fully assembled, the cake is six metres by six metres by 10 centimetres high.

Zhao said he chose carrot cake because it can stay at room temperature for two to three days and preserves well. It also has a sentimental value to Zhao, whose bakery is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

"It's the first cake that I baked. I think I've got the most tasty recipe."
Overhead shot of the cake

A Guinness World Record adjudicator was at the mall to deliver his judgment. (Roshni Ramlugon/Facebook)

The cake was completed by 12:30 pm PT today, with an official Guinness World Record adjudicator on site.

He declared it the largest carrot cake ever.

The cake will be doled out to shoppers for the rest of the afternoon.
Icing

The cake is transported to the mall and assembled in the lobby, where it is being iced. (Shopgtc/Instagram)

With files from The Early Edition