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Guinness representative Danny Girton, Jr. certifies the world's largest cupcake created in honor of SpongeBob SquarePants' 10th anniversary at Mall of America. JodiLee Knops, cakes.com pastry chef, celebrates setting the Guinness record for the world's largest cupcake at Mall of America. The solid cupcake measures roughly 1 foot high by 2 feet wide and weighs 150 pounds.In the midst of thousands of visitors at Mall of America(R), a new record was set today when cakes.com, the world's largest cake decoration supplier, presented a 150-pound cupcake that was certified by Guinness World Records(TM) as the world's largest cupcake.
The cupcake's final weight was measured at 150.7 pounds, including 15 pounds of fudge filling and 60 pounds of yellow icing. It stood 12 inches tall and 24 inches wide. A candle topped the creation, bringing the total height to 4 feet. The cupcake's final size yielded 1,500 servings.
"I am pleased to welcome this fun and creative achievement into the Guinness World Records family," said Danny Girton, Jr., Guinness World Records(TM) adjudicator. "Only three percent of all record attempts are successful. Considering that this is cakes.com's first record attempt this achievement is even more remarkable."
"This is a thrill and an honor for cakes.com," said Jamie Miller, cakes.com. "This accomplishment would not be possible without the support of our event partners Cub Foods, Best Brands, and Signature Brands. Along with our pastry chef JodiLee Knops, they collaborated to make this record a reality."
The cupcake was created as part of the Mall's celebration of SpongeBob SquarePants' 10th anniversary. Mall visitors were able to view the cupcake in the Best Buy Rotunda, where the cupcake sat atop a tower containing 2,500 iced cupcakes. Cupcakes were given away throughout the day, and visitors were invited to customize their own cupcake at one of the "decoration stations" set up in the rotunda.
Event partners included: American Greetings, Anagram International, Cub Foods, GiddyUp, Paramount Pictures, Random House, Rich's, Signature Brands, Simon Spotlight, and Star Exhibits.
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ABOUT DECOPAC AND CAKES.COM
Located in Minneapolis, Minn., DecoPac is the world's largest cake decoration supplier and marketer. DecoPac's mission is to serve the professional cake decorating market with unique, innovative, quality products. The company's origins can be traced back to 1919, when McGlynn's Bakery opened in Minneapolis. The family-owned business was one of the first to operate in-store supermarket bakeries in 1962. McGlynn Bakeries enhanced its focus on decorated cakes in 1965 when its bakers started decorating cakes in front of customers in its stores - a revolutionary concept that turned the art of cake decorating from a closely-held secret to entertainment. The McGlynn family formed DecoPac in 1982 as an internal division to supply cake decorations to their own bakeries; the division became the direction for the company, and the family is still actively involved as company owners today. Its consumer Web site, cakes.com, allows consumers to search for cakes by occasion, theme or key words, and locates the nearest bakery. Cakes.com receives more than 100,000 unique visitors each month.
