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121 meter long strawberry cake eyes shot at world record

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Agence France-Presse

<p>ARGENTEUIL, France - Armed with 4,000 eggs and a truckload of sugar and cream, French pastry chefs on Wednesday completed a 121.8 meter (399 feet, eight inch) long strawberry cake which they have claimed is the world&#x27;s longest ever made.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnadia.metref%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0vRJ5EPFXarWFndBUaDVQcEWZ7mhRBwM1uVyi6Rmv7TifiPxfkNroWaSomhYUwBFQl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="748" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Youssef El Gatou brought together 20 chefs to make the 1.2 ton masterpiece that took a week to complete and was set out on tables in an ice rink in the Paris suburb town of Argenteuil for residents to inspect.</p><p>The effort overtook a 100.48m (329 ft 7 in) long strawberry cake made in the Italian town of San Mauro Torinese in 2019.</p><p>El Gatou&#x27;s cake also used 350 kilograms of strawberries, 150kg of sugar and 415kg of cream.</p><p>To claim the record in the Guinness book, the cake had to be at least eight centimeters wide and eight centimeters tall. The logistics were so difficult that the team &quot;used blowtorches to heat the bowl&quot; for the cream mix, said the chef&#x27;s wife Nadia El Gatou.</p><p>El Gatou said that since a child he had wanted to set a record.</p><p>&quot;I was looking for a product, or a French pastry, and I also wanted to highlight farm produce, so French strawberries and products like milk, cream and butter,&quot; he told AFP.</p><p>Residents of Argenteuil who went to see the calorie packed record-breaker on Wednesday were given a piece to take away.</p><p>amd/tw/db</p><div><br/></div><p>© Agence France-Presse</p>

<p>Armed with 4,000 eggs and a truckload of sugar and cream, French pastry chefs on Wednesday completed a 121.8 meter (399 feet, eight inch) long strawberry cake which they have claimed is the world's longest ever made.</p>

Armed with 4,000 eggs and a truckload of sugar and cream, French pastry chefs on Wednesday completed a 121.8 meter (399 feet, eight inch) long strawberry cake which they have claimed is the world's longest ever made.