Frosting, sprinkles and layers of fun: Giant cake picnic hits Sydney
Hundreds of bakers head to Sydney's Botanic Gardens to share and savour their colourful creations.
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Frosting, sprinkles and layers of fun: Giant cake picnic hits Sydney 9 minutes ago Share Save Lana Lam Sydney Share Save Welcome to Cake Picnic, Sydney edition. It's the viral event that's already sold out dates in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. Tickets in Dubai, London and Mexico City were harder to come by than a double-yolk egg. And now it's landed on Australian shores, with a Melbourne event earlier this month boasting 1,600 cakes in one sitting. "I had no idea that I could ever go on tour for cake," laughs Cake Picnic founder Elisa Sunga, part-time hobby baker and full-time Google employee specialising in AI. "People go on tour for music and whatnot, but for cake," Sunga says. "It just seems so whimsical and delightful to be able to do that." The concept is simple. Two years ago, Sunga - who moved to San Francisco aged 12 from her hometown of Baguio City in the Philippines - posted an online invite for a small gathering with one request: everyone must bring a cake. The 35-year-old figured maybe a dozen or so people might turn up and brought seven cakes to make sure everyone would get a taste. To her amazement, close to 200 people came with more than 180 cakes devoured. Her simple, sugar-laden summons has since caused ripples of the buttercream variety across the foodie world. "It feels unreal," Sunga tells the BBC. "I had no idea that thousands of people all over the world would be as excited as I am." There's plenty of excitement among the 500-plus crowd gathering at Saturday's event in Sydney's Botanic Gardens. As they line up to have their cakes inspected – which must be 20cm (8 inches) wide and 7.5cm (3 inches) high – there are a few bloodshot eyes in the queue. Many participants baked well into the night. "Me and my daughter, we made ours last night," says Hilary Lindgren, 54, wearing an eye-catching head-to-toe outfit, with a carrot cake in hand. "It was crazy - a big mess, flour and sugar everywhere, but lots of fun. "There's just so many negat...
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