The US$1.65 million Fruit Cake in Japan

Saturday, January 06 2007 @ 12:12 am UTC

Contributed by: Billy

Not content with just any old Fruit Cake? How about one worth US$1.65m, encrusted with 223 small diamonds? It's apparently edible too, with the diamonds taken out of course ;)

From: http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=456&sid=642582

TOKYO - Could this be the ultimate Christmas treat? A diamond Christmas cake is going on display Friday in Japan. It's one of 17 diamond-related designs in an exhibit called "Diamonds: Nature's Miracle." The Tokyo pastry chef who created the work of art said it took six months to develop the design and one month to actually make the cake.

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The fruit cake itself is edible -- apart from the 223 small diamonds on it.

And it could be yours. It goes on sale at Christmas.

The asking price? $1.65 million.

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