The huge German Department Store, "KaDeWe" celebrated their 100th anniversary in Supersized style recently. They unveiled a cake standing at least a few stories high, the base recreating the store and its employees, with six tiers built on top of it. From the pics, it looks to be about 40ft high! Happy anniversary!
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Berlin's most famous department store, the KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westerns), celebrates its 100th birthday on March 1, 2007. The store was built in 1907 to a design by Emil Schaudt and has since been extended several times.
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The prestigious store is celebrating the anniversary with a giant cake.
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Workers use mobile lifts to decorate the KaDeWe's giant anniversary cake.
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Two cooks plan how to put the parts of the enormous KaDeWe cake together
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The cake includes a representation of the store itself, complete with marzipan employees
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The KaDeWe is synonymous in Berlin for luxury and high-end shopping.
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The KaDeWe's food hall is a hit with Berlin gourmets
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Contented shoppers leave the KaDeWe. Berlin's foremost temple of consumerism is celebrating its 100th anniversary.