The owner of a coffee Coimbra, Lucio Borges, Sunday concocted a cake cupcake with 782 pounds weight “exceeds 597 pounds of world record” and its sale will support children with trisomy 21.
The cake, made a tent installed on the Square May 8, in the historic downtown, began to be sold by the slice, mid-afternoon, reversing revenues for the Association Look 21 , which supports children with trisomy.
“The Look 21 recently opened its new headquarters and need help”, namely to acquire equipment, told Lusa the idea of ??mentor and owner of cafe ‘A Brasileira’ Coimbra, calculating the revenue initiative, which had the support of some companies and institutions, oscillate “between three thousand and five thousand euros.”
The cake should “give at least six thousand slices” added Lucio Borges, adding that each slice is sold at 50 cents, but in addition, while the cake was being made before the curiosity of several hundred people , were sold about a thousand small cupcake one euro each.
Although
has nevertheless taken care of the preparation and weighing of the cake were validated by a jury of Guinness World Records, Lucio Borges did not receive “any response” this international institution registration records.
But Lucio Borges “this happens to be the world’s largest cake cupcake”, stressing that “the main purpose” of the initiative “was not that (the record), but rather to support and promote the Association Look 21″ and contribute to stimulate the Lower Town, “becoming less crowded,” especially on holidays and week-ends.
To make the cake, which goes on sale on Monday, were used 400 kg of flour, 200 kg of sugar, three thousand eggs, 120 liters of vegetable oil and 90 liters of liquor.
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