Quick Fact – Mint Cake
1964 For its eighth anniversary, The Mint in Las Vegas, Nevada baked a mega, 6,527-pound cake in the shape of the hotel-casino. About the size of 1,363 regular 10-inch cakes, it required: • 12,960 eggs • 2,400 pounds of sugar • 1,218 pounds of whole milk • 1,104 pounds of shortening It was designed to serve about 40,000 people.…