Chocolate-lovers need look no further for a place to pay
homage to their favorite treat after chocolate lovers from Qzina Institute
created a mouth-watering edible sculpture of an ancient Mayan temple.
Chocolate lovers in The Qzina Institute have broken the
world record for the largest chocolate sculpture after building a replica of
the Kukulcan pyramid based in Chichen Itza in Mexico weighing an incredible
18,239 pounds - the equivalent of two adult elephants. The mouth-watering six
feet tall creation is 10ft by 10ft wide and took 400 hours for staff at Qzina
Specialty Foods in Irvine, California, to make. It smashes the previous record
for the world's largest chocolate creation set in Italy in 2010 which weighed
just 10,736.5 pounds.
The Qzina Institute of Chocolate & Pastry made the
delicious temple to celebrate its 30th anniversary - choosing the Mayan theme
because of the crucial role the culture played in the origins of chocolate. The
Mayans were one of the first civilizations to cultivate Cacao trees and
discover the true potential of the cocoa bean. Realizing the delicious
possibilities of this powerful discovery, the Mayans worshiped the Cacao tree
and praised its beans as the food of the Gods.
Qzina’s Corporate Pastry Chef, Francois Mellet, was the lead
architect on this massive project and MOF Stephane Treand (Meilleur Ouvrier de
France or Best Craftsman in France) lent his artistic touch to the sculpture’s
intricate design elements.
Built proportionally to the ancient temple’s true size, the
solid chocolate pyramid is six feet tall and its base measures 10 feet by 10
feet – exactly one-thirtieth the size. The sculpture’s base alone weighs more
than 3,000 pounds.The chocolate pyramid will be displayed at the Qzina Institute
of Chocolate & Pastry, located in Irvine, California, and will be available
to view from June until it is destroyed on December 21, 2012, when the Mayan
calendar comes to an end.
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