What better way to ring in the new year than by creating a large enough cake for everyone in the neighborhood to enjoy? A group of 200 Greek bakers came together to create a massive vasilopita, a traditional New Year’s cake, weighing in at an incredible 11,000 pounds.
To kick off the New Year, the vasilopita was baked on New Year’s Eve in collaboration with dozens of Athens-area bakeries and the Bakers Guild of Athens, Suburbs & Surroundings. Together, they assembled and served the finished product on a street in Peristeri, a suburb of Athens.
In total, the cake weighed more than 11,020 pounds. It was made from a staggering 8,800 pounds of flour, 4,400 pounds of butter, 2,200 pounds of sugar, 110 pounds of cognac, 2,000 eggs, 1,500 oranges and four boxes of vanilla. A whopping 50,000 pieces were served to attendees.
To really celebrate the accomplishment, organizers submitted the cake to the Guinness World Records for official recognition as the world’s largest vasilopita.
Source: https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2023/01/02/cake-new-year-huge-peristeri-greece/