A talented baker who is renowned for her incredible cakes has created her biggest masterpiece to date - a life-sized version of SHREK.br br Lara Mason, 39, spent 40 hours crafting the 6.5ft (1.9m) replica of the famous cartoon ogre out of vanilla cake and rich chocolate ganache.br br The mum-of-two, from Brownhills, near Walsall, said the 400kg cake was so big that most of the decorating process needed to be done while balancing atop a set of ladders.