In pictures: Kerala chefs make world's 'longest' cake

Hundreds of bakers and chefs in Kerala came together to create a 6.5kms long cake

Published: January 16, 2020 12:26 AFP and Compiled by Balaram Menon

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Copy of 266928-01-08-1579163253454 — Bakers and chefs prepare the cake as an attempt aim to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cake, in Thrissur, Kerala. About 1,500 bakers and chefs, wearing traditional whites and toque blanche caps, spent nearly four hours to put it together using 12,000 kilograms of sugar and flour. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 266926-01-08-1579163195943 — Bakers and chefs are preparing the cake. The vanilla cake, 10cms wide and thick, weighed in at about 27,000 kilograms. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 266927-01-08-1579163192458 — A baker prepares the cake. Large crowds watched the event organised by Bakers Association Kerala (BAKE). The group's secretary general, Naushad, said Guinness World Records had assessed the cake as being 6,500 metres but their confirmation of the exact length was pending. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 266941-01-08-1579163222404 — Bakers and chefs prepare the cake. That much cake would surpass the Guinness record held by Chinese bakers in Zixi county who made a fruitcake almost 3.2 kilometres long in 2018. Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 266945-01-08-1579163211214 — Bakers and chefs prepare the cake as an attempt aim to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cake, in Thrissur, Kerala Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 266931-01-08-1579163250763 — A chef prepares the cake as an attempt aim to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cake, in Thrissur, Kerala Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 266946-01-08-1579163207870 — Bakers and chefs prepare the cake as an attempt aim to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cake, in Thrissur, Kerala Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 266933-01-08-1579163227689 — A baker (R) prepares the cake as an attempt aim to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cake, in Thrissur, Kerala Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 266925-01-08-1579163199221 — Bakers and chefs prepare the cake as an attempt aim to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cake, in Thrissur, Kerala Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 266939-01-08-1579163224649 — A baker prepares the cake as an attempt aim to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cake, in Thrissur, Kerala Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 266923-01-08-1579163201685 — A baker prepares the cake as an attempt aim to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cake, in Thrissur, Kerala Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 266943-01-08-1579163216981 — Bakers and chefs prepare the cake as an attempt aim to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cake, in Thrissur, Kerala Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 266942-01-08-1579163219560 — A chef prepare the cake as an attempt aim to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cake, in Thrissur, Kerala Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 266922-01-08-1579163203994 — Bakers and chefs prepare the cake as an attempt aim to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cake, in Thrissur, Kerala Image Credit: AFP

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Copy of 266944-01-08-1579163213392 — Bakers and chefs prepare the cake as an attempt aim to break the Guinness World Record for the longest cake, in Thrissur, Kerala Image Credit: AFP

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