Revealing 16 ingredients to make a 22 million moon cake, more expensive than a gold-plated cake

A joyful Mid-Autumn Festival would not be complete without delicious cakes. Nowadays, moon cakes are not only a traditional dish, but also a way to show the class of some expensive brands. Below are some of the most luxurious and expensive moon cakes in the world, according toLifestyleasia.

In 2020, Royal Caviar Club Hong Kong introduced to the world its first caviar mooncake, causing a stir around the world.

The mooncakes contain 10g of Royal Cristal caviar, Australian winter black truffles and truffle potatoes. The cakes are sweet and salty, with a slight crunch when chewed. A box of four costs $230.

In 2020, Singapore's durian confectionery store Golden Moments made a big splash with its $655 (VND16.2 million) mooncake box.

The cakes are gilded with five layers of 24K gold leaf. This is a mooncake with a mixed filling of Australian winter black truffle, dark chocolate shell, and Mao Shan Wang durian.

But when it comes to record-breakingly expensive mooncakes, we have to mention 2017, when Malaysia witnessed the birth of a cake priced at 926 USD (about 22 million VND).
Leong Yin Pastry representative said this cake weighs 1.2kg, made from 16 premium ingredients such as ginseng, saffron, royal jelly and many other healthy ingredients such as lotus seeds, jujubes, longans...

In 2019, Loewe launched mooncakes in natural wooden boxes with 2 compartments. Each cake is stamped with the brand logo. It comes with a wooden mold so customers can try their hand at making mooncakes.

Louis Vuitton also made a splash with its Chocolate Cloud Monogram mooncake in 2019. The box is blue, with an artistic cutout of a hot air balloon and cloud illustrations inside.