Having the cake and rolling it too

Sep 27, 2010

You may remember our reporting on the “Biggest tractor-trailer cake in the world” on the occasion of Iowa 80 Truckstop’s Walcott Truckers Jamboree’s big anniversary more than a year ago now — the confection, an 8-foot-long creation, still probably holds the title, but we’ve gotten word via the Birmingham News of another (pictured, by the Bham News’ Michelle Campbell), a three-foot McLeod Software unit made on the occasion of the transportation-management software firm’s 25th anniversary by the Baltimore-based Charm City Cakes bakery. For more about Charm City, visit their website, or click on the thumbnail image above for the Birmingham News’ story.

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