14 DAY TRIAL // In a world where it’s trendy to wear diamonds on your shoes or to have them adorn your favorite pooch, we shouldn’t be really that surprised that they’re also used as the cherry on top of a chocolate cake.
Marc Guibert, head chef at Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel in Windermere, Cumbria, has just designed the world’s most expensive chocolate pudding / cake, which costs a whopping £22,000 ($34,500 or €25,000).
And yes, The Sun informs, it comes decorated with a gorgeous 2-carat diamond, but also with edible gold leaves. You can’t eat the diamond.
Inspired by the Faberge egg, Guibert used the finest chocolate and the most expensive edible gold leaves to create a dessert that is a beautiful as it’s exquisite in taste and, last but not least, mind-boggling expensive.
“The haute cuisine chocolate pudding is shaped like a Faberge Easter egg – but made with a whole host of luxurious ingredients, including gold and champagne caviar,” the British tabloid writes.
“And forget the ordinary cherry on the top – this pricey pud is topped with a two-carat diamond,” adds The Sun.
“Glazed with edible gold leaf and layered with champagne jelly, the creation is made from four different types of the finest Belgian chocolate flavored with a combination of peach, orange and whiskey,” says the publication.
Guibert created the Faberge Easter Egg, as he named this ridiculous expensive cake, to mark the start of the National Chocolate Week and, while it may currently be the most expensive dessert in the world, it’s yet to achieve international glory through the Guinness Book.
In order to Guibert to get his creation in the Guinness Book, The Sun tells us, someone has to buy it first. However, that someone must order it three weeks in advance for it to be made, and only afterwards get to indulge in it.
The record for world’s most expensive dessert was previously held by £12,000 ($18,819 or €13,671) pudding offered by the Serendipity 3 Restaurant in New York – a steal compared to the Faberge Easter Egg.