keep in mind final yr while we posted a video of the largest rhino cake ever made? nicely this year, the oldsters at the good food & wine display might be doing it once more – besides this time, you’ll get to see an elephant cake that took a remarkable 250 hours to layout and make.
who has that sort of time?
wellington based cake maker dot klerck honed her abilties in artwork and sculpture before falling head over heels into the sugar global. now an award-triumphing 3-d sculpted cake artist, dot teaches at sugar schools everywhere in the globe sharing her information and passion. she is the maestro in the back of #thebiggestelephantcakeintheworld which she says is the most important cake she’s ever made and you could see together with your very very own eyes at the best meals & wine display in cape town from 2 – 4 june.
why an elephant?
the elephant undertaking sa is an initiative to make the most important elephant cake within the global to elevate attention of the threats to elephants from poaching and illegal wildlife exchange. this challenge follows on a comparable mission last 12 months in which a massive rhino cake turned into made to spotlight the plight of rhinos. price range raised could be donated to global fund for animal welfare (ifaw).
but lower back to the cake...
“we are able to be the usage of huge 40x40cm sheets of cake to create the cake. these may be placed on pinnacle and subsequent to each other and carved to form. every 20cm of cake, we can want to put helps in, in order that the lowest layers of cake are not squished!” says dot who additionally points out that because of the cake’s weight (it'll weigh a ton!), a forklift can be had to transport the chocolate flavoured sponge.
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