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AROUND TOWN: Guildford Town Centre celebrates 50 years with record-setting cake

Twenty-foot carrot cake, weighing about 2.25 tons (2,250 kg), and containing 460 kg of carrots, sets Guinness World Record
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Mary Arnold worked at Woodwards on the first day Guildford Town Centre opened in 1966. She got the first piece of cake.

SURREY — Guildford Town Centre celebrated its 50th anniversary in a big way on Tuesday by setting a Guinness World Record for the world's largest carrot cake.

A Guinness World Record adjudicator was on-site at Guildford Town Centre to make the record official, on the same day that Guildford Town Centre opened its doors in 1966.

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Guildford Town Centre partnered with Chef Mickey Zhao of Saint Germain Bakery to bake and assemble the 20-foot, record-setting carrot cake, weighing about 2.25 tons (2,250 kg), and containing 460 kg of carrots.

The assembly of the cake took place over a three-day period between Sunday, Nov. 6 and Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Photos: GORD GOBLE