Each of us at least occasionally likes to pamper ourselves with something sweet, and in the nearest store you can always find an inexpensive piece of freshly baked pie or cake.
But we, buying an inexpensive cake or any other sweetness, do not think about how expensive they are. A culinary specialist is not only a person who cooks, he is also a designer, which clearly demonstrates a selection of cakes.
Each piece of cooks from this collection is unique, although it may include familiar products.
But some components are quite surprising ... For example, multi-colored diamonds. The cake, which one sheikh ordered for his daughter, included 4 thousand pink, white and yellow diamonds, which were valued at $ 45 million. It took thousands of hours to work on this work, but the masters did their best!
This is amazing, but the list will start with a dessert worth $ 78,000! In the article you will learn about the history of the 10 most expensive cakes in the world. Some components are simply amazing!
10. Wedding Cake of Prince William and Kate Middleton - $ 78,000
We begin the selection with the wedding royal cake of Kate Middleton and Prince William.
A wedding is a huge event, so the chef's cake is given special attention. Prince William and Kate Middleton Cake differs in multi-tiered, decoration, design.
The choice of colors for decoration was not accidental - he justified the Victorian language of flowers. Roses on the cake mean happiness, lilies of the valley mean love and longevity, acorns mean endurance and fortitude.
In addition, among the decorations on the wedding cake for $ 78,000, the place of honor was occupied by the symbols of England - this is a daffodil, shamrock, thistle.
9. Cake for a jewelry salon - $ 130,000
Jewelers who want to attract buyers to their salon use rather primitive methods - they make advertisements on the Internet or advertise in a magazine. However, such a move does not always end in success, and some know about it.
Japanese pastry chef Nobue Ikara decided that cake prepared for the jewelry salon - Best suited as an advertisement for expensive jewelry.
The price of the cake is amazing - $ 130,000! It is decorated with pendants, edible platinum, a refined necklace. Indeed, it’s hard not to pay attention to such advertising ...
8. Diamond Chocolate Dessert - $ 850,000
The name of the cake speaks for itself - a $ 850,000 item is adorned with diamonds.
Diamond Chocolate Dessert prepared by the Japanese master of culinary art - Masami Miyamoto.
A sweet and beautiful product was displayed on the window of a department store in Osaka to attract customers. The chef decided that by putting his work on display, it would attract visitors at the height of the holiday season, but no one decided to buy such an expensive cake, although, of course, many paid attention to it.
7. "Shiny dust" - $ 1,300,000
Shiny Dust - not a product that can be eaten, although, looking at it, I really want to try a piece ... Despite the fact that the product is inedible, it is still called a cake.
A pleasant cherry fruit Christmas cake was prepared in 2010 specifically for the fair, which was called the Dallas Suite.
The cake for $ 1,300,000 was adorned with jewelry, included 223 diamonds. In order to cook it, it took 7 months of work.
Interesting fact: the inedible cake was delivered to the fair in a special armored car.
6. Africa cake with diamonds - $ 5,000,000
Japanese millionaire decided to "stand out", so he created cake "Africa" with a component like 2000 diamonds. But he did not prepare it by his own efforts - in order to create an unusual delicacy, the millionaire turned to professional chefs.
In appearance, the $ 5,000,000 cake resembles an ordinary, unremarkable, but part of it is generously strewn with jewelry. On the Internet there is only one picture of a cake in the form of Africa.
5. Cake for Bridal Show - $ 20,000,000
Bridal show - This event brings together the best representatives of the wedding industry, to which interesting speakers are invited. The show talks about the trends of the wedding world.
This luxury show is held annually in Beverly Hills, and a cake for $ 20,000,000 was specially prepared for him by pastry chef Nahid Parsa. The work was decorated with diamonds and a scattering of gold flakes.
For reference: it is not known whether this delicacy has found its buyer or if the show participants were happy to sweeten it. One thing is certain - he did not go unnoticed.
4. Diamond cake Deborah Rose - $ 30,000,000
Deborah Rose - An editor from the USA, loves to amaze the audience, it is known that she has a positive attitude towards shocking. Diamond cake for $ 30,000,000 was commissioned by the chief editor of Social Life Magazine.
The confectionery was more than a meter high and decorated with precious stones. But in order to fulfill his desire, socialite Devore Rose had to search for the creator of the reality show “The King of Confectioners”, it was he who accepted the order and prepared it. The cake was used for a party.
3. "Pirate ship" - $ 35,000,000
It is called differently "Pirate Fantasy", a cake worth $ 35,000,000 in 2012 was the most expensive in the world. It was cooked by chef Dimutu Kumarasinghe.
“Pirate ship” - this name is a treat for good reason, the culinary product is made in the shape of a ship, but that's not all.
The "highlight" of the cake is the gems with which the "ship" is filled. The edible part was of mixed tastes - it consisted of pumpkin, lemon, and also various chocolate.
Interesting fact: the birthplace of "Pirate Fantasy" is Sri Lanka.
2. Cake for the National Gay Wedding Show - $ 52,000,000
If we talk about the cost of expensive confectionery, then some are striking in the simplicity of their appearance. However, in the works of cooks there is always something interesting hidden, something that is not visible at first sight ...
For example, seemingly plain white cake for a national gay wedding show contains over 2000 diamonds!
An expensive cake of 8 layers and a half meters high was ordered by the organizers of the event in 2013 in Liverpool. It was cooked by chef Dimutu. For such beauty I had to pay $ 52,000,000.
1. Cake in the form of a fashion catwalk from $ 75,000,000
This cake is an amazing and fantasy work of Briton Debbie Wingham. At the moment fashion catwalk cake for $ 75,000,000 is considered the most expensive in the world. He was ordered by a Sheikh from the United Arab Emirates as a table decoration for his birthday and his daughter's engagement.
Cake weight: 450 kg, length: 2 meters. It included multi-colored diamonds and precious stones.
The sheikh's daughter is an avid fashionista, and this was taken as the basis for design. At her request, the cake in the form of a fashionable catwalk was decorated with step-by-step models, and the stars of show business watched the show.
The attached multimedia monitor now and then broadcast fashion shows. All guests are dressed brightly and extravagantly, every detail is thought out to the smallest detail and emphasizes the skill of Debbie Wingham. All outfits and models were edible.