Grand Central Market's 100th Anniversary Cake Sounds Intense

not an image of the real cake

Grand Central Market is celebrating 100 years in style this Friday with one big cake. It's gonna be the largest birthday cake in LA history. (I'm not sure if that "birthday" means it's not the biggest cake LA has scene.) It's gonna stand one-story tall and it'll be 100 layers.

From the press release:

"The creative caloric cake's ingredients include 390 pounds of butter, 325 pounds of sugar, 1750 eggs and 125 pounds of chocolate. The colossal cake is layered chocolate and vanilla with strawberry filling. The exterior of the cake is decorated with fresh full-size whole fruits, large foliage and flowers."

And there's a lot of work going into the cake with...

"Six months in the planning and preparation by the renowned L.A. pastry chef Valerie Gordon of Valerie Confections, the cake will be transported to Grand Central Market by flatbed truck and will require an all-night session for frothy finishing flairs and movement into place for the celebration."

So if in the area, head there for a free slice and probably a long line.

Grand Central Market Turns 100 
Friday, October 27 9:30am, 10:45am cake cutting, 6pm-10pm
Grand Central Market 

317 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013

• The day’s festivities begin at 9:30 a.m. with the unveiling of a massive, 100-layer birthday cake created by Valerie Confections with free slices for everyone.

• Kids 12 and under ride nearby, historic Angeles Flight for FREE all day.

• From 6 – 10 p.m., the Market hosts a 100th Birthday Bash with Market vendors  serving up menu items and specials inspired by the food hall’s history and the number 100. The evening will be filled with musical groups representing the different decades of the Market’s history, vintage photo booth, costume contest for prizes commemorative lapel pins, book signing of The Grand Central Market Cookbook, and more.

• Plus visitors who check in at the Market between 6 - 10 p.m. receive a token for a FREE round-trip ride on Angels Flight. 

• Performers include:
• Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys, ragtime & early jazz -- 6 - 7:45 p.m., Broadway side
• Tres Souls, Mexican boleros -- 6 - 7:45 p.m., Hill Street Platform
• The Starlets and The Rockets presented by Sunset Singers, hits of the 1950s & 1960s, 8 - 10 p.m.. Broadway side
• Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander, swing band classics -- 8 - 10 p.m., Hill Street Platform