The Guinness Book of World Records attempt at the heaviest scone in the world was made by the NSW CWA Land Cookery Committee members over the weekend as part of the annual CWA Awareness Week.

❏ Click here to check out the photo gallery of the world record scone attempt

There was much celebration when the 178kg scone broke the record by approximately 40 kilos, previously set in New Zealand.

The camp oven was engineered to hold a special 58kg cake tin, and was transported from the Bathurst area to the CWA Residential Club in Potts Point.

The team of five scone experts practised weeks beforehand to perfect the mixture.

Earlier in the month, the ladies did a test run in Bathurst with the help of Kelso High School students.

This produced a larger 213kg scone, however the bottom was a little burned, which allowed the ladies to readjust the cooking time accordingly.

For this latest record attempt in Sydney, the scone was heated by four gas rings taking 13 hours to cook.

A small crane was needed to lift the finished scone onto the scales for the official Guinness Book of Records weighing.

Just in case you are interested in creating your own massive scone, the ingredients for the final scone dough mix were 111kg self-raising flour, 33 litres of milk, 33 litres water, 4.5kg sugar, 492 grams baking powder and 10 grams salt.

The lid was finally lifted at 10pm Friday night in the presence of three Kings Cross firefighters, State CWA president Elaine Armstong, CWA staff and members.

The perfect golden scone was taste tested, weighed and declared the winner, setting the world record for the biggest heaviest scone in the world.

The scone was then transported to Martin Place in central Sydney to be featured on the Sunday Sunrise TV show.

And delicious, slightly-smaller fresh scones, with jam and cream, baked by the dedicated CWA cooks were given out to the public as a CWA promotion.

And where is the massive world-beating scone?

All 178kg of it, minus a few bites here and there, was taken on the back of a utility to the Cowra Show as a special exhibit.