Shard Hosts Record Breaking Macmillan Coffee Morning

The Shard served up a different kind of architectural marvel – a towering, 2-metre cake, as it hosted a record-breaking coffee morning, as part of the annual Macmillan Cancer Support Coffee Morning.

Believed to be the highest ever coffee morning, soaring 244 metres above London, the event was made even sweeter by its show-stopping, 2-metre tall cake replica of the UK’s tallest building.

The spectacular cake, a 1:155 replica of the building’s height took a team of cake designer’s 146 hours to meticulously craft, using 20 kilograms of icing and 15kg of Belgian chocolate for the ganache coating to complete. The creation served a staggering 700 portions as the centrepiece of the event, wowing attendees with its sheer size and intricate detail.

The View from The Shard, the highest viewing platform in the iconic building, hosted the event, all in aid of raising vital funds for a worthy cause.