Bakers create world's largest cream puff

WEST ALLIS, Wis., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Wisconsin bakers have created the world's biggest cream puff -- weighing in at 125.6 pounds, officials say.

Guinness World Records certified the cream puff, 38 inches wide and 7-1/2 inches high, as a world record Thursday at the Wisconsin State Fair, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

Danny Girton Jr., corporate adjudications manager for Guinness World Records, said the cream puff would appear in the 2013 edition of the book of world records.

Team Cream Puff, led by David "Puff Daddy" Schmidt, created the huge dessert, which took 6-1/2 hours to bake in an oversized oven.

No record existed for a cream puff, and Guinness decided the entry would have to weigh at least 50 pounds to be considered.

"It is three times bigger than the minimum requirement. … We blew it out of the water," Schmidt said. "There was a lot of pressure to do this and do this right."

The Sentinel said 10 to 12 people prepared the two outer shells and 15-1/2 gallons of cream into the night and the team put it together on a scale in front of more than 100 people on a stage Thursday at the State Fair ground's Central Park.

But fair-goers couldn't sample the gigantic cream puff.

"It has to be disposed of now," Schmidt said. "It has been in the heat too long."