Get your hands on the world’s most expensive cupcake

Dubai is one of the most incredible venues in the world when it comes to high-class luxury shopping and nowhere more so than The Dubai Mall. A mind-boggling 5.9-million-square-feet of retail outlets, this mall has been described as ‘The Centre of Now’ and is almost a city within a city. Providing more than 1,000 brands, 200 eateries and an indoor theme park among other facilities, you’ll find that a day here won’t be enough to do everything.

One of the most luxurious activities on offer however is the chance to get your hands, and taste buds, on the world’s most expensive cupcake, Dubai’s ‘Golden Phoenix’. Decadent in flavour as well as ingredients, you can make a truly extravagant meal of this one sweet treat.

But what makes this cake so pricey? Is it the covering of 23-carat edible gold sheets or the imported Italian chocolate? Maybe, or it could be the edible gold dusting covering every inch of the icing and other adornments. Many suggest that the price tag is due to the 24-carat solid gold empire stand on which the cupcake is served and the golden spoon which you eat it with. It’s really hard to say but all of this together with a gold-dipped organic strawberry and Ugandan vanilla beans makes for one heck of a tasty dish.

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Want a follow up sweet treat but feeling too full for a full-sized cupcake? The eatery offers a range of mini cakes in a range of flavours including, Banana Bliss, Banana Elvis, Mocha, German Chocolate and Double Chocolate Heaven.