Boasting real gold leaf, a sparkling diamond and strawberry caviar this lavish creation has made it into the record books as the world’s most expensive dessert. Priced at a staggering £22,000 the extravagant pudding has been snapped up by Carl Weininger, from Rugby. He now plans on slicing it up and serving it to guests at his 60th birthday party on December 5th. Based on a Faberge Easter egg, the hand-crafted dessert features some of the finest ingredients on the market.
Chef Marc Guilbert used Belgian chocolate, infused with a combination of peach, orange and whiskey to create a champagne jelly and almond sponge layered base. It was then finished with real gold leaf and handmade flowers, but the cherry on top is an eye-catching two carat diamond. Proud owner Mr Weininger, said: ‘I am an impulsive sort of person and when I heard about the dessert on TV it stuck in my mind. It’s not something you do every day.”
Eager to get a reaction he offered tasters of the pudding at a recent charity auction. He added: “I gave people a little taste of the dessert at our charity Aviators Ball this weekend. I’m not much of a chocolate lover myself but all the women who tasted it said, “Wow!” The sweet treat, designed by Mr Guilbert was unveiled in October in celebration of National Chocolate Week.
But it could not enter the record books until a buyer came forward. Stephen Broughton of Lindeth Howe hotel in Windermere, Cumbria, which commissioned the cake, said they were excited by the news. He said: “We’re thrilled to have sold the dessert and look forward to making it into the Guinness Book of Records. We pride ourselves on making world class desserts – and now this one will go down in history.”
At £22,000 per egg, the dessert easily breaks the previous world record which was held by New York’s Serendipity Restaurant with a pudding priced at £12,000. Called the ‘Frozen Haute Chocolate’ the chocolate sundae was made from a blend of 28 cocoas from all around the world, infused with five grams of edible 23-karat gold and served in a goblet lined with more edible gold. It also contained numerous gifts including an 18K gold bracelet and a gold spoon set with white diamonds.
