World's largest toast mosaic created

LEICESTER, England, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- A British woman set a world record by creating a mosaic of her mother-in-law's face from 9,852 pieces of toast.

Laura Hadland, 27, of Leicester said she enlisted the help of 40 friends to create the mosaic from 600 loaves of bread as a birthday surprise for Sandra Whitfield, 50, the Leicester Mercury reported Tuesday.

Hadland said her team used nine toasters to color the bread various shades of brown before arranging them into the 32-foot-8-inch by 42-foot-3-inch mosaic.

Hadland said the mosaic was officially recognized Sunday as the world's largest by Guinness World Records.