Three weeks away from Christmas, Shanghai has already gulped
down the world’s longest Yule log cake. We hardly dare imagine what
will come next.
Chefs at Shangai's Pudong
Shangri-La Hotel created a new Guinness World Record by
baking the world’s longest Yule log cake, which stretched 1,068
meters on the first floor between the hotel’s two towers -- Grand
Tower and River Wing.
The majority of the cake was put up for sale for RMB 2 per
centimeter and, according to Shangri-La, it sold out in under three
hours. Most buyers were office workers from the neighborhood.
The profit of the Yule log cake has yet to be announced. But all
proceeds will go to benefit four children at Shanghai Children’s
Hospital of Fudan University, who are in need of chemotherapy.
Around 150 hotel staff members worked with 80 pastry chefs for
24 hours -- from the morning of November 30 -- to prepare and set
up the cake.
Staff set up 156 tables, each 1.8 meters long, side-by-side to
carry the king-size dessert.
Shangri-La did not disclose the total cost of the Yule log cake,
but the amount of each ingredient may give you some clue.
“We hope this event will kick start Shanghai's Christmas season
this year,” said Pudong
Shangri-La's
Communications Manager Christie Chen, "as Yule log cake is a
Christmas specialty food."
The hotel’s original target was to make an 888-meter cake
because eight is a lucky number in China and it sounds like
“getting rich.”
“That length was our estimation but we were not sure how much
cake we could really make with that amount of ingredients,”
continued Chen. "When the judge from Guinness World
Records measured the cake he announced it had reached 1,068
meters."
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