Flour, butter, eggs, and sugar were apparently too boring for this super wealthy Arab family, so they decided to throw a few diamonds into their cake mix. They recently splurged an eye-watering $75 million on a bejweled cake for their daughter’s birthday-cum-engagement party.
British designer Debbie Wingham, who turned to baking after previously creating the world’s most expensive dress, was commissioned to make the cake. The identity of the family – living in the UAE – has not been revealed, but there are plenty of pictures online of Debbie and the extravagant dessert.
Each decorative piece was handcrafted by Debbie herself, and the entire cake took 1,100 hours to prepare. Over 120kg of fondant icing, 60kg of modelling chocolate, and 80 different airbrushed colors and effects went into the making of the 450kg edible masterpiece. But the real ‘icing’ on the cake were 17 precious stones, worth a whopping 30 million pounds. They included a 5.2 carat pink diamond, a 6.4 carat yellow diamond, and 15 individual 5 carat white diamonds. 4,000 smaller diamonds, amethysts, and emeralds – between one and five carats – were also part of the decor. The runway alone consisted of 400 one-carat and 73 three-carat white diamonds, and 75 three-carat black diamonds.
