The world’s most expensive dessert has just been unveiled at The Fortress resort in Sri Lanka. A fruit infused confection with a chocolate sculpture and a huge gemstone, an 80 carat aquamarine. “The Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence” was created to give visitors at The Fortress resort in the coastal city of Galle a one-of-a-kind experience, said the hotel’s public relations manager, Shalini Perera.

The dessert is a gold leaf Italian cassata flavored with Irish cream, served with a mango and pomegranate compote and a champagne sabayon enlighten.
The Indulgence has to be specially ordered, Perera said. Though the hotel has gotten calls about it from as far away as Japan, she said, no one has yet forked over $14,500 to try it.

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