When you're feeling a tad blue at the end of the day, chances are you might reach for a tub of ice cream as a comforting restorative. For Briton Carl Weininger, who recently turned 60 and was dumped by his lover, his poison of choice was the purchase of the world's most expensive dessert.
Carl Weininger, a diamond merchant from Rugby, Warwickshire, bought the fairy-tale cake at his 60th birthday dinner from Lindeth Howe Country House Hotel in Windermere, Cumbria - also known as the former home of author Beatrix Potter.
"Buying the dessert was a real boost for my morale," Weininger said. "I was dumped earlier this year and felt this could be a decent pick-me-up."
Fashioned to look like a Faberge egg and layered with champagne jelly and a light biscuit joconde, the creation is coated with bitter dark chocolate and finished with a glaze of edible gold leaf. The finishing flourish? A two-carat diamond atop a handmade chocolate flower.
The hotel's culinary team is now awaiting confirmation from the Guinness Book of World Records. The previous world record was held by New York's Serendipity Restaurant, which touted an edible gold-laced pudding costing £12,000.
If you'll like a vicarious taste of the dessert, watch head chef Marc Guibert (below), as he walks you through the crafting of the ostentatious creation. Bon appetit!
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