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.
Photo from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ Special Collections
