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.