A 2,000 cupcake tower?

I hope there are photos of this!

"Student goes for sweet record," The State News (MSU independent paper)

The sugary-sweet aroma of cupcakes draws in almost anyone who enters the second floor where Meghan Schwarb works. On the table lies Schwarb's tools - a ruler, measuring tape and a notebook filled with mathematical equations.

Schwarb's task is to figure out how to build a world-record cupcake tower before Saturday.

The communication senior is the face behind the city's centennial events. She planned the "Human 100" in January, when 108 people formed the number 100, Saturday's East Lansing Birthday Bash and all the smaller events in between.

Now, she is checking and re-checking her math to see if a free-standing tower comprised of 2,000 cupcakes can logistically be erected 7-8 feet.

Soon she'll discover if her idea, which was derived from a wedding cake on the Internet formed by cupcakes, will turn into the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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Anonymous said…
If you go to http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage and scroll down to the photo gallery you will find photos from the event