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Crazy Cakes
Celebrate National Cake Day on November 26!
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72
In 2012, Pat Bertoletti set a Guinness World Record by eating 72 cupcakes in 6 minutes.
260
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A maker of vanilla extract baked the largest layer cake. It was 6 feet tall, weighed 1,250 pounds, and had 260 layers.
750,000
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Every year, people eat more than 750,000 king cakes during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana. The cakes have a hidden plastic figure inside for good luck!
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1856
Baking powder is invented.
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1951
Duncan Hines makes the first cake mix for grocery stores.
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1977
Carvel makes the first ice cream cake.
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