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MINNEAPOLIS — A 151-pound cupcake in Minneapolis has been certified as the world's largest. The 1-foot tall, 2-foot wide cupcake on display Saturday at the Minneapolis Mall of America had 15 pounds of fudge filling and 60 pounds of yellow icing.
Guinness World Records adjudicator Danny Girton Jr. called it a "fun and creative achievement."
The cupcake was made by cakes.com, which is run by cake-decoration supplier and marketer DecoPac.
Company spokeswoman Jamie Miller said the giant cupcake will go to a pig farm. The company decided against giving away pieces to mall patrons because most would not have had frosting.
Instead, cakes.com gave away 4,000 smaller cupcakes.
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Best Friends like cake. And we have friends from Minnesota.
ReplyDeleteAll in all, I think it was a smart move to pass out smaller cupcakes because really who wants a cupcake without frosting? And pigs like cake, too.
I disagree. I think they should have passed out the cupcake that was on display. For two reasons:
ReplyDelete1) Who wants to say, "I ate a small cupcake that was in the vicinity of the world's largest cupcake." I don't know of anyone who would find that to be a boasting point. However, people do want to say, "I ate a small piece of the world's largest cupcake." That is indeed something people can be proud of.
2) People need to learn that life isn't fair. So someone doesn't get a piece of cupcake with icing on it...who cares? Life goes on. There are more pressing matters of concern. People don't always get what they want. I think there is no better way to teach that lesson than through the natural distribution of the world's largest cupcake.
I think seeing the world's largest cupcake is adequate. most world's largest things arent eaten, they are seen. and you are underestimating the importance of icing. plus, what about the pigs?
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