A team of 20 chefs have been working together to bake what will reportedly be the world's tallest pyramid cake, concocted with flavours of chocolate and berry. The entire pyramid is made with over 10,000 blocks which are neatly stacked together.
PHOTO: ANIThe chefs aimed to make the cake tall enough so that it can enter the Guinness World Book of Records. The Surat-based bakery, Atul Bakery, has collaborated with an NGO called Shakti Foundation which works for the empowerment of rural women. The cake is an ode to his efforts towards women empowerment; with campaigns such as Beti Bachao and Beti Padhao.
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The cake which is over eight foot tall, weighs a staggering 3,750 kiligrammes according to The Financial Express. "We have already taken pre-approval and guidelines of the same from Guinness Team,” Sonal Rochani, co-founder of Shakti Foundation said. The cake is said to be cut by girls from various tribal areas and distributed among them as well as others.
PHOTO: NEWS WORLD INDIAOrganisers are optimistic and say the cake stands a very strong chance of breaking the world record.
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The Indian prime minister visited his mother in Gandhinagar where she is residing with Modi's brother.
The Prime Minister with his Mother. pic.twitter.com/nKRuNE9J0A
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) September 17, 2016
According to Times of India the current record for the tallest birthday cake is held by the MTR Rzeszow International Fair in Rzeszow, Poland. The cake was nearly six feet tall, and weighed 720.8 kilogrammes.
The bright coloured cake has Twitter abuzz as people wished the prime minister many happy returns for the day.
PM @narendramodi's birthday cake to break Guinness World Record? And shared with the poor? https://t.co/O2xSDalILJ pic.twitter.com/ARvXzTyFjf
— Aviator Anil Chopra (@Chopsyturvey) September 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/sainet_tech/status/776989346285125632
Special Birthday cake for PM Modi.!! #HappyBdayPMModi #HBDPradhanSewak #NarendraModi pic.twitter.com/q8mDmc3Bpk
— Prakhar Gupta (@prakhgupta) September 17, 2016
https://twitter.com/RajeshK13200315/status/777051596375154688
3750 kg Modi-special birthday cake to break world record https://t.co/E3uV8n0Ajl via @indiatoday
— Padmanabhan Jaikumar (Modi ka parivar) (@p_jaikumar) September 17, 2016
While Modi is a very busy man, he found the time to express gratitude for all the heartfelt messages:
Thank you Sushma Ji. https://t.co/IEqCDqfEyB
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 17, 2016
I thank Honourable Rashtrapati ji for his kind birthday greetings. @RashtrapatiBhvn
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 17, 2016
My gratitude to Vice President Shri Hamid Ansari for his wishes.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 17, 2016
Met CJI Shri Thakur. I thank him for his kind wishes. pic.twitter.com/1ElNIgoP1m
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 17, 2016
Thanks a lot for the wishes. https://t.co/c7WilrR1cj
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 17, 2016
Thank you Rajnath Ji for the kind wishes. https://t.co/2742P60u8n
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 17, 2016
Thank you very much Rahul Ji. https://t.co/dLU6Cw7SBM
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 17, 2016
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