On the oak table you see a Maid
of Honor cupcake filled with lemon-flavored egg custard, a
creamy-white marzipan gladiolus smelling of fresh almond paste, some ripe
cranberries sprinkled with sugar and simmered in rum, a
cream custard tart flavored with ground almonds and saffron, a ripe pear topped
with spices and aromatic pepper and dipped in currant jelly, a
gingerbread biscuit shaped like a princess with raisin buttons and a crown of
icing, a piece of licorice
shaped like a royal sceptre, a
gingerbread cookie shaped like a prince with raisin buttons and a crown of icing,
some honeyed sugar plums and
a little candy skull with a gilded crown on its brow.