I made this cake for my daughter's 8th birthday. She loves Harry Potter and we love reading the books together so I decided to make a stacked book cake. All 7 tiers are made of cake and were life sized. I hand painted the cover and sides and the characters are made from fondant and hand painted as well. I took a photo of Ginny in my hand so you could see how tiny she was. The characters all measured around 3 inches. Thanks for looking!