英國將打造兩層樓高蛋糕 慶女王登基60週年大綱

Never has a Queen had a better reason to say "Let them eat cake". Four engineering teams are preparing to do battle in a contest to make the tallest cake to mark the Diamond Jubilee.

從沒有一位女王能有更好的理由說：“大家吃蛋糕吧。”已有四家工程隊準備開展一場競賽，爲紀念英國女王登基鑽石禧年，打造最高的蛋糕。

The rival companies will show off their engineering and baking prowess, equipped with a total of 66lb of flour, 408lb of butter, 990lb of sugar, four vats of golden syrup and 1,480lb of chocolate.

這幾家競爭公司將展示各自的工藝水平和烘焙技術，預計將用掉66磅麪粉、408磅奶油、990磅的糖，4大桶金黃色糖漿以及1480磅巧克力。

The contest will be held to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee on Sunday at the Battersea Park festival in London, near to the start of the river pageant.

這場蛋糕比賽將於週日在倫敦貝特西公園的慶祝活動上舉行，以紀念英國女王登基鑽石禧年。這裏臨近鑽石禧年慶典中皇家御舟航行的始發地。

It has emerged that Arup - the company who created the Gherkin skyscraper in London - will be producing a replica of the iconic towerblock.

據稱，負責設計倫敦“小黃瓜”摩天大樓的英國奧雅納工程顧問公司將依照這一地標性建築的外觀設計蛋糕。

After weeks of planning, the team behind the project are set to build their cake to the height of a two-storey house.

在數週的計劃之後，該公司的設計團隊打算打造一個兩層樓高的蛋糕。

Stephanie Black, an electrical engineer with Arup, said the team was used to working with concrete and steel, but less so with materials such as chocolate and fruit cake.

該公司的電子工程師斯蒂芬妮-布萊克說，團隊習慣於和鋼筋水泥打交道，但對巧克力和水果蛋糕等材料不太熟悉。

"We had to do a lot of testing on the new materials before we realised that diamond-shaped blocks of crispy cakes were the most sturdy," she said.

她說：“我們進行了大量的試驗，才發現鑽石型搭建的酥脆蛋糕是最牢固的。”

The crown of the bullet-shaped building will be formed of delicate spun sugar.

這個子彈型“建築”的“王冠”將由鮮美的棉花糖製成。

Also in the mix for the competition are Expedition Engineering, a team who are planning a cake made of ice cream cones; Buro Happold, who will create a cake tower topped with a Union Jack-shaped sponge; and the Young Structural Engineers team, who will bake a creation involve cupcakes and chocolate pillars.

參與競爭的團隊還有計劃製作冰淇淋甜筒蛋糕的遠征工程公司；計劃製作頂部是英國國旗形狀鬆糕的蛋糕塔的標赫工程顧問公司；以及計劃烘焙一個包含紙杯蛋糕和巧克力棒的蛋糕的青年結構工程公司。

The cakes will afterwards be fed to the crowds.

蛋糕最終將分發給民衆品嚐。