The Chinese yet again
proved that they can be just too good at heart. A cake that was more than 1 Km
long was made as a part of a charity event
to raise money for the children afflicted with cancer. If the entire world is smitten by the concept
of staging world record to raise funds for philanthropic purposes then
the planet would just get perfect in every way. Every individual should be
motivated and equally inspired to do a unique task which shall
not only display his or her talent on the world stage but also be instrumental
in gathering funds for a noble cause. In this way the weaker and deprived sections of the society would be
greatly benefitted by the funds so collected which could be utilized
for their betterment . Further world
record events also garner much media, press attention. So the event could get more publicity and in
return excellent sponserors too.
Eighty
chefs of the Pudong Shangri-La Hotel in Shanghai created a 1068-meter-long yule
log cake after 24 hours of hard work during a charity event to raise funds for
children with cancer. The longest Christmas cake was given a
vanilla flavor log and was also
smeared with chocolate frosting. The cake was assembled on 156 tables
all lined up in the hotel lobby. The cake was meticulously prepared by almost 150 staff members
The World's Longest Christmas Cake
required 904 organic eggs, 1,045 kilograms (2,304 pounds) of wheat flour, 209
kilograms (461 pounds) of cane sugar, 633 liters (1,114 pints) of fresh cream,
401 kilograms (884 pounds) of bitter chocolate and 34 kilograms (75 pounds) of
vanilla from Tahiti.
The hotel’s pastry Chef Yusuf Yaran explained that
they made the sponge and baked it. After it cooled down they
prepared the vanilla cream which has been spread inside the cake and then rolled it. Then comes the suspense
in the menu of crafting the chocolate
frosting which they have kept it as a
top secret. The frosting was dressed all
over the cake and then to add up to the
decoration they also put some candy and
icing sugar on the top layer.
The
cake was sliced immediately and sold to the public for 2 Yuan (0.31 US dollars)
per piece. Proceeds
from the sale of the cake will be used to support the medical needs of four
children undergoing chemotherapy treatment in Shanghai. The previous
record stood at 207.8 meters in length
and was set by Philippe Gardette
of the Ordre Culinaire International and Jean-Claude Meritte and Nathalie
Raphael of CODECOM (all from France), in La Defense, Paris, France. So the present Chinese record stood
victorious at a thumping margin.
The longest Christmas cake measured 1068 meters in length and was set by the staff of Shangri
La Hotel in Shanghai, China on December 1, 2011.
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