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World's Largest Cupcake Just Got Bigger


world's largest cupcake
Cupcake on the loading dock. Photo: Janis Bucher
There's a new World's Largest Cupcake.

On Saturday, the Guinness Book of World Records certified a 1,316-pound sweet made by Passion for Sweet in Boca Raton, Fla. The giant cupcake was sponsored by Big Top Cupcakes -- a company that makes giant cupcake molds for home baking -- as part of the Think Pink Rocks breast cancer fundraiser.

Of course, this cupcake knocked off a previous title holder. Check out that photo after the jump.

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World's Largest Cupcake
This cupcake created to raise money for a cure for breast cancer was unveiled on Oct. 3, 2009, and far and away blew the previous record holder out of the water. Made by Passion for Pastry in Boca Raton, Fla., it was certified by Guinness as the world's largest.
Stats:
- 1,316 pounds
- 5 feet by 4 feet
-12-inch wide cherry and 5-inch-long sprinkles
Janis Bucher
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Giant Foods

    World's Largest Cupcake
    This cupcake created to raise money for a cure for breast cancer was unveiled on Oct. 3, 2009, and far and away blew the previous record holder out of the water. Made by Passion for Pastry in Boca Raton, Fla., it was certified by Guinness as the world's largest.
    Stats:
    - 1,316 pounds
    - 5 feet by 4 feet
    -12-inch wide cherry and 5-inch-long sprinkles

    Janis Bucher

    SpongeBob Cupcake
    Talk about a non-portable treat! This cupcake created for the 10th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., was unveiled July 18, 2009, and certified by Guinness as the world's largest cupcake.
    Stats:
    - 151 pounds
    - 2 feet by 1 foot
    -15 pounds of fudge filling and 60 pounds of yellow icing

    AP

    SpongeBob Cupcake
    Guinness representative Danny Girton, Jr. certifies the world's largest cupcake at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., on July 18, 2009.
    Stats:
    - 151 pounds
    - 2 feet by 1 foot
    -15 pounds of fudge filling and 60 pounds of yellow icing

    Blueberry Bagel
    Talk about counting carbs! Check out the world's largest blueberry bagel created at the Lender's Bagel Bakery in Mattoon, Ill., in 1998.
    Stats:
    - 714 pounds
    - 13.75 inches
    - 59 inches in diameter, with a 15 inch diameter hole

    Doug Lawhead, AP

    Apple Pie
    What's more American than apple pie? Why a humongous apple pie, of course! Back in 1997, 600 residents of Wenatchee, Wash., gathered to slice and core thousands of apples by hand.
    Stats:
    - 37,000 pounds of apples
    - 1,065 square feet of crust

    Don Seabrook, AP

    Beef Kebob
    If a serving size of beef is 3 ounces, then this kabob has you set for 54 years of dinners. This leaning tower of meat was erected in Patras, Greece, in 2007.
    Stats:
    - 3,968 pounds
    - 5.6-foot skewer
    - 330 pounds of spices and 220 pounds of salt

    AP

    Cheese Fondue
    Where is the world's largest loaf of bread when you need it? This giant bowl of fondue was stirred up in New York City in 2007.
    Stats:
    - 2,100 pounds
    - 1,190 pounds of grated Gruyere, plus wine and spices
    - Fondue was then donated to City Harvest

    Kathy Willens, AP

    Cookie
    C is for cookie, but it's also for colossal! This chocolate chip monster took three days to bake in Tokyo in 2003.
    Stats:
    - 1.2 tons
    - 11.5 feet in diameter
    - 1,235 pounds of flour
    - 2,000 eggs

    Koji Sasahara, AP

    Chocolate Egg
    It took 26 Guylian chocolatiers eight days and 50,000 chocolate bars to construct this gargantuan chocolate egg in Sint Niklaas, Belgium, in 2005.
    Stats:
    - 4,299 pounds
    - 27 feet tall
    - 21 feet wide

    Mark Renders, Getty Images

    Cinnamon Bun
    And you thought a Cinnabon was big! The Bread Store in Mill Creek, Wash., baked up this Guinness Record winner in 2005, and then served pieces to more than 1,000 onlookers.
    Stats:
    - 180 pounds of dough
    - 50 pounds of butter and cinnamon
    - 50 pounds of icing
    - 8 feet corner to corner

    The Bread Store

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