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World's longest French strawberry cake served at festival

By Daniel Uria
Five professional pastry chef's crafted the world's longest French strawberry cake in celebration of the annual strawberry festival. 
 Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records
Five professional pastry chef's crafted the world's longest French strawberry cake in celebration of the annual strawberry festival. Photo courtesy of Guinness World Records

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May 25 (UPI) -- France celebrated the 25th anniversary of its annual strawberry festival by baking the world's longest French strawberry cake.

Five professional pastry chefs baked each section of the Guinness World Record-breaking,105-foot long fraisier patissier, a cake made with fresh strawberries, layers of creme and sponge cake.

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The finished product was made up of 55 sections containing 720 eggs, 300 egg yolk, 59 pounds of sugar, 66 pounds of wheat flour and 440 pounds of strawberries.

Once the record was confirmed the cake was cut into small pieces and sold to festival attendees to benefit charity.

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