'But once we get on the other side and it's Sunday morning, that feeling of joy and excitement and accomplishment just completely overrules any stress I went through to get there, and I kind of forget about it all.”Ī South Portland Maine bakery created a whoopie pie that weighed over a thousand pounds in 2011. “Like right now, you know, I'm telling myself, 'Why did I say yes to this again?' Wagner said. Wagner says that’s when she’ll finally be able to say whoopie. Then it'll be sliced up for the crowd to enjoy. Once they get there, the oversized delectable will be on display before an official weigh-in at 4 p.m. The Chamber and Economic Development of the Rutland Region Megan Wagner, the owner of Dreammaker Bakers in Killington, has to bake the oversized whoopie pie cakes in a custom 4.5-foot-diameter pan. This year, Black River Produce is lending Wagner a refrigerated box truck, which should make transporting the dessert to Rutland easier.

She says having to tilt the cakes to get them through doorways is also unnerving. “Taking it out of the oven is much more scary then putting it in,' Wagner said, 'because at that point, you know, the whole thing is 350 degrees and 200 pounds.” Then comes one of the most challenging parts of the entire process. To make sure the cake cooks evenly, they have to rotate it several times during its two hours of baking. 'He made a custom-made stainless steel extender box that allows us to leave the door open, and then it encloses and keeps all of the heat in the oven.” “It's not quite big enough, as far as the depth, but we got really creative, my husband and I,' Wagner said. A Killington pizzeria lets her use their five-foot-wide pizza oven.

To actually bake the oversized cakes she had to have a special pan made that's four-and-a-half feet in diameter. This year's attempt will be even bigger, says Megan Wagner, the owner of Dreammaker Bakers (third from left). The Chamber and Economic Development of the Rutland Region Last year's 542-pound whoopie pie at the Whoopie Pie Festival in Rutland.

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