World news This article is more than 18 years oldDiamond-studded cake is $1.7m Christmas treat
This article is more than 18 years oldA diamond-studded Christmas cake went on sale at Takashimaya department store in Tokyo this week for $1.7m (about £970,000).
The cake, whose 223 diamonds include a 5-carat stone in the shape of a heart, has reportedly attracted several inquiries from prospective buyers.
It took Jeong Hong-yong, a Tokyo pastry chef, six months to design the marzipan-covered fruitcake and another month to make it.
The less well off, meanwhile, will have to make do with a traditional Japanese Christmas cake, a sponge with strawberries and cream that is usually eaten on December 24.
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