Cambodia's largest sticky rice cake gains Guinness World Records

Cambodia's giant traditional sticky rice cake, weighed 4.04 tons, was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the biggest sticky rice cake in the world, according to a news statement from the Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia (UYFC) on Monday.

"The giant sticky rice cake, made to celebrate the Angkor Sankranta Festival 2015 (in Siem Reap City), was included in the Guinness Book of Records in the afternoon of April 13 by a Guinness Book of Records judge," the UYFC, which made the cake, announced in the statement.

The 4.04-ton cake took 45 hours to cook, the statement said, adding that it is one meter in diameter and five meters long.

The statement said the cake was made of one ton of sticky rice, 507 kg of pork, 499 kg of beans, 499 kg of coconut cream, 15 kg of salt, 4 kg of sugar, 3 kg of pepper, and 26 kg of garlic.

The cake was packed by 333 kg of banana leaves and tied by 375 kg of strings.

"The cake is cooked in accordance with a technical standard," it said, adding that 100 chefs and assistants jointly made the cake.

"It is a pride for Cambodia. The world record title for the giant cake will bring Cambodia to global prominence," Chan Sophea, general administrator of the Cambodian Chef Association, said.

The Guinness World Records-earned cake will be exhibited at the complex of Angkor Wat heritage site in Siem Reap City during the Khmer New Year celebrations from Tuesday to Thursday. Endi