Kelly HoGot a sweet tooth? This will satisfy you to no end. In fact, the M1 Project Communi’BAKE broke the Guinness World Record for the “World’s Biggest Cupcake Mosaic” with a whopping 20,000 cupcakes on Jul 29 at the Singapore Expo.
Proud bakers of the M1 Project Communi’BAKE beaming for creating the Guinness Book of World Record for “World’s Biggest Cupcake Mosaic”
Organised by 25 members of the Ayer Rajah Youth Executive Committee (YEC), this 6-month effort more than tripled the previous record of 5,900 cupcakes. The event’s Facebook page states the initiative of this project was a culmination of a desire to spread love for baking as well as helping the needy in Singapore.
“This showed great spirit and teamwork. I saw a lot of commitment and dedication from everyone who participated, as well as their willingness to contribute to the community,” shared Carim Valerio, 42, Guinness Book of World Records Adjudicator for Project Communi”BAKE. “It was beautiful to witness.”
The way to Singapore’s heart was certainly through its stomach, as this cupcake mosaic also celebrated Singapore’s 47th birthday, with this year’s theme being “Love Singapore, Our Home”. Students from Singapore’s School of the Arts (SOTA) gave their artistic input and designed the mosaic, which featured 2 hands forming the heart shape with the Singapore flag in the middle.
Members of the public also assembled their own mini-mosaics by pinning their own birthday wishes for Singapore to a board.
Project Communi’BAKE included a charity drive, “Adopt-a-Cupcake”, which raised $100,000 by canvassing minimum donations of $5 from the public. The proceeds went to beneficiaries like ARCHearts, Dignity Kitchen, Children’s Cancer Foundation and The Straits Times Pocket Money Fund.
The creation of the cupcake mosaic took place from 9 am to 3 pm, and was the collaborative effort of 1,000 youth leaders and volunteers who frosted and assembled the cupcakes. Project Communi’BAKE received an overwhelming response from students of secondary schools, tertiary institutions and Shatec wanting to do their part for this record-breaking event.
“I don’t usually contribute to community service projects, but when I heard of Project Communi’BAKE I was very interested to help,” said Thong Ming Siew, 17, a student from Meridian Junior College.
It was also an educational activity as people could observe how the desserts were prepared and baked. On top of the 20,000 cupcakes baked the day before the event, an extra 2,000 cupcakes were baked at the event itself.
“It’s really meaningful for me to be a part of this effort. We get to do our part to break a world record, and also share our knowledge and expertise of baking to the students,” shared Alfred Wong, 30, a pastry chef from Joe & Dough.
“We dedicated 11 hours of time and baked roughly 10,000 cupcakes in the first 3 hours. Our class contributed 20,340 cupcakes to this event” Solo Loo, 20, a student and volunteer baker from Shatec, tells UrbanWire. “It’s something that we all can feel proud of.”
As per the rules, the cupcakes must be entirely edible and not a morsel was to be wasted. As the mosaic was steadily forming, the entire Singapore Expo Hall 3 was filling up with the saccharine scent of cupcakes that were (sadly) not intended for the onlookers. Instead, after the record was broken, the cupcakes were packaged and delivered to 60 welfare homes such as Orange Valley and Care Corner.
The VIPs for Project Communi’BAKE rejoicing after the last cupcake was placed.
Perhaps the only damper on the success of Project Communi’BAKE was the lack of a sizable crowd to witness the event, with volunteers outnumbering supporters.
“It’s a pity because it’s not every day Singapore sets a new world record,” Chloe Chan, 18, tells UrbanWire. “Project Communi’BAKE certainly deserves more visitors.”
Nevertheless, M1 Project Communi’BAKE was a glorious culmination of one community’s spirit and national pride that was indeed “history in the baking”.