05 Apr Here is the monster sized Belgian Bun created at Southend Airport
At more than one metre wide and weighing in at a staggering 17.1kg, the monster Belgian Bun created to celebrate a new route to Antwerp was enough to keep even the sweetest toothed passengers at London Southend Airport happy yesterday (Wednesday 4 April).
The gigantic, world beating bun – deliciously filled with 2.6kg of sultanas and 1.5kg of Tiptree Lemon Curd, before being topped with 6kg of fondant icing and nearly 50 cherries – was created by Tiptree Patisserie, based in Witham, to mark the brand-new service to Belgium, operated by Stobart Air through its franchise partnership with Flybe.
It took weeks of practise runs to get the recipe involving 15kg of flour, 2kg of yeast and 3kg of apricot glaze just right, and then a team of strong people to lift the bun into position to meet its public.
