World's largest cupcake baked

2009-08-17 11:11

Chefs frost a Guinness World Record-breaking cupcake that weighed in at 555kg at the annual Woodward Dream Cruise in Royal Oak, Michigan. (AP)

New Hampshire - A 555kg triple vanilla cupcake with pink frosting has set a record as the world's largest.

The sugary behemoth was unveiled on Saturday at the Woodward Dream Cruise classic cars event in Michigan.

A Guinness World Records adjudicator was on hand to certify the cupcake's girth. It was more than eight times the size of the previous record holder.

The colossal cupcake took 12 hours to bake and included 800 eggs and 90kg each of sugar and flour.

Slices of the cupcake were served in exchange for donations to the Susan G Komen for the Cure breast cancer organisation.

Ryan Abood, owner of New Hampshire-based Gourmetgiftbaskets.com who made the cupcake, told the Detroit Free Press that it clocked in at an estimated two million calories.

- AP