There is nothing like having a look at some excessive price tags of things like wedding cakes that only the filthy rich can afford to brighten up your day. It is definitely an interesting subject to think about. Below is a list of the 7 most expensive wedding cakes.
1. National gay wedding show
Cost: $52,000,000 (approx. R885,783,600) This cake was created for the National Gay Wedding Show and it is considered the world’s most expensive wedding cake. The cake is decorated with meagre 4000 diamonds and totalled up to be a wonderful $52 million.
2. Prince Charles and Princess Diana
Cost: $99,000 (approx. R1,686,395) The couple had a total of 27 wedding cakes with the main cake costing R99,000 and standing over 5 feet tall. The cake took a total of 14 weeks to make and was decorated with Charles and his family’s coat of arms.
3. Prince William and Princess Kate
Cost: $80,000 (approx. R1,362,744) William’s wedding was a whopper of an event sitting on a comfortable $32 million, their 8-tier came in at $88,000. The cost of the cake came with over 900 leaf and floral accents.
4. Gucci Mane and Keyshia Ka’oir
Cost: $75,000 (approx. R1,277,572) The Gucci Mane wedding event was extravagant and their cake was something out of a dream. The cake had four-tiers spanning of 3 metres. The cake had 8000 handmade sugar flowers and 2500 Swarovski crystals in between each tier. In case you were wondering, Swarovski crystals are mostly made out of glass but much more expensive than regular glass because of its fine materials and manufacturing process. They are used to decorate some of the most expensive chocolates and cakes in the world.
5. Sofía Vergara and Joe Manganiello
Cost: $50,000 (approx. R851,715) This amazing wedding cake was made by the prolific Sylvia Weinstock. The 5-tiered cake was decorated with a heaping of flowers and had a crazy height and came in easy at $50 000. This is a crazy amount since a basic Weinstock cake costs about $3000.
6. Liza Minnelli and David Gest
Cost: $40,000 (approx. R681,372) An extremely colourful cake far from traditional. The cake was black and white with a total of 12 tiers. It was decorated with sterling silver leafed stripes and purple and red edible sugar flowers.
7. Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries
Cost: $20,000 (approx. R340,686) As you might expect Kim Kardashian’s first wedding was a massive event. The cake alone was a total of $20 000 and a staggering 8 feet tall. The cake had a black and white design with each tier coming in an octagonal shape. All of this for a 72-day marriage. Buying a wedding cake for $20 000 or more is definitely a celebrity type of thing and a thing we can only dream of having. So whether you like your cake dripping with diamonds or swamped in Swarovski crystals, when it comes to planning your wedding and designing a wedding cake, there’s no such a thing as “too much.”
