This eight-tiered wonder has been specially created to mark the 80th birthday of Great British Bake Off judge and celebrated baker Mary Berry and we’re in awe.
The showstopper extraordinaire took more than 28 hours to make with 12 hours spent baking and a whopping 16 hours assembling and decorating the masterpiece.
It was made by former Great British Bake Off contestant Ruth Clemens of The Pink Whisk who teamed up with Stork for the creation.
It contains 42 eggs and uses 3kg of Stork with the whole cake weighing in at 16.5kg. Probably not one for a single sitting, even if you’re Bruce Bogtrotter.
Each layer represents a cake trend from a decade of Mary’s life starting with a 1940s fruit wedding cake and ending with the ultra-modern Pinata cake.
“In honour of baking legend Mary Berry’s 80th birthday, Stork and Ruth Clemens partnered to create an impressive eight-tiered showstopper celebration cake,” said a Stork spokesman.
“The cake epitomises Mary’s countless baking triumphs, each layer representative of a cake trend from a decade of Mary’s life.”
If you weren’t hankering after a slice already, here’s the full break down, from the bottom to the top…
Tier 1: A 12-inch fruit cake to emulate the 1940s community collaboration fruit wedding cake.
Tier 2: An 11-inch lemon gin and elderflower drizzle cake for the 1950s which saw the G&T and champagne cocktails rise to fame
Tier 3: A 10-inch pattern-decorated Madeira cake for the Sixties.
Tier 4: The 1970s is honoured with a nine-inch Black Forest Gateaux.
Tier 5: Fluro icing is used to decorate an eight-inch orange sponge cake to say 1980s.
Tier 6: The 1990s is represented by a seven-inch Victoria sponge cake, the holy grail of 90s baking filled with jam and buttercream finished with a dusting of icing sugar.
Tier 7: A six-inch chocolate fudge cake is used to represent the 2000s.
Tier 8: The topper for the showstopper is a five-inch pinata cake to honour the rise to fame of the surprise pinata cake – hiding a chocolate sweet treat in the middle.
Happy Birthday Mary!
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