A Japanese pastry chef and jeweller have joined forces to create a spectacular cake festooned with platinum ornaments.

Nobue Ikara's multi-tiered cake is draped in platinum necklaces as well as edible platinum foils, which can be worn either as a hair pin or as a necklace, ndtv.com reports.

The cake has been dedicated to Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, leading model Chie Kumasawa as well as other eminent women across the arts and in industry and was constructed as a promotional tool to entice women to buy more platinum jewellery.

Mikiko Ichikawa, of the Platinum Guild, said: "I think platinum and a white cake is the best possible combination as a present for women because both have the same colour of white, which is said to have pureness and brightness that lasts forever."

The cake retails at $130,000.

Sources:

Japanese Cake Decorated with Platinum, 09/08/07
http://www.ntdtv.com/xtr/en/2007/09/07/a_50984.html#

15 million yen ($130,000) cake, 08/08/07
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=200798story_8-9-2007_pg9_10

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