The World's Largest Cheesecake

On 25 January 2009, in Mexico City, Mexico, Philadelphia of Kraft Foods Mexico, was recognized by Guinness World Records™ as the creator of the largest cheesecake ever made.

The colossal confectionery weighed 2,133.5 kg (4,703 lb), had a diameter of 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) and was 56 cm (1 ft 10 in) tall. It was created by a team of 55 Mexican chefs from four of the most prestigious gourmet universities in Mexico and one restaurant of the city, led by Executive Chef Miguel Ángel Quezada and Chef Eli López, a desserts specialist, both of the Cordon Bleu Restaurant. his magnificent achievement took place at the Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, in the heart of Mexico City.

The recipe for the world’s largest cheesecake included 800 kg of Philadelphia cream cheese, 800 kg (1,764 lb) of yogurt, 350 kg (772 lb) of cookies, 250 kg (551 lb) of sugar, 150 kg (331 lb) of butter and 100 kg (220 lb) of strawberries, along with other ingredients.

Once the cheesecake was completed, Charles Chamouton, Marketing Manager of Kraft Foods Mexico, was presented with an official Guinness World Records certificate by Carlos Martínez. Mr Chamouton declared that, “Philadelphia was proud of making the World’s Largest Cheesecake. By taking this challenge, Philadelphia cream cheese reaffirmed its leadership in the Mexican market.”

Chef Miguel Ángel Quezada paid tribute to “the talent and enthusiasm of the 55 Mexican chefs of Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, Centro Culinario Ambrosía, Universidad Iberoamericana, Colegio Superior de Gastronomía and Restaurante Cordon Bleu, which made possible the creation of the world’s largest cheesecake.”
The Cheesecake team needed more than sixty hours of work in order to develop this huge dessert. The 55 chefs involved in the process, prepared the cookie, the mousse and were also in charge of the decoration of the World’s Largest Cheesecake, which required 100kg of strawberries placed carefully on top of the mousse.

It took the team more than 60 hours of work to develop this huge dessert. The 55 chefs involved in the process prepared the cookies and the mousse and were also in charge of the decoration of the outsize cheesecake, which required placing 100 kg of strawberries carefully on top of the mousse.

At the end of the event, after receiving the Guinness World Records certification, Philadelphia cream cheese shared the record-breaking cheesecake with all the attendants, and with members of the Alimentos para Todos I.A.P., a non-profit organization, who distributed approximately 20,000 pieces of cheesecake to various communities in the Mexico City.