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Cordillera - Benguet's capital town La Trinidad is gearing up to rebuild a replica of the Guinness World Record biggest strawberry short cake to highlight the upcoming Strawberry Festival set on March 4 to March 29, 2019
According to La Trinidad Mayor Romeo Salda, the giant strawberry cake will be a replica of the 2004 cake that gave the town the Guinness World Record for the biggest strawberry shortcake.
The cake weighed 9,622.24 kilograms and was served to more than 10,000 persons.
The celebration of the upcoming Strawberry Festival aims to promote the town as the strawberry capital of the Philippines and hopes to encourage local and foreign tourists to visit the town.
"This is also an avenue to promote, not only La Trinidad Strawberries but also the town's many other products which are derivatives of the berry while celebrating the town's cultural diversity and richness," Salda said during a press conference.
Last two years ago, the town has baked the first replica of the giant cake with the measurement of 1.5 meters high by 1.8 meters wide by 2.5 meters long and weighs at 2.5 tons.
This year, the town will showcase the award-winning cake with the same design and the same measurement.
The ingredients to be used in the making of the cake are:
225 kilos of butter,
275 kilos of fresh strawberries,
325 kilos of sugar,
225 kilos of fresh eggs,
175 kilos of milk,
425 kilos of all-purpose flour,
2.5 kilos of baking powder,
5 kilos of baking soda,
7.5 kilos of vinegar,
15 kilos of strawberry flavor,
500 kilos of whip cream,
and 10 kilos of food coloring.
Cake lovers can have a taste of the cake on March 23, starting at 11 a.m at the Lednicky hall in the municipal building.
There will be a free 50 slices to be served and the succeeding slices will be sold at Php20.00 per slice.
Funds from the cake is going to pay for the expenses of the organizers.
source || pna
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