this was a massive cake the bottom tier (not including 'paper' and lid) was a 13" round that was 5" tall. top tier was a 9" round. fondant covered cake with fondant covered styro lids. the 'paper tissue' was gumpaste and the strings of pearls were fondant painted in super white lustre and decorators alcohol. toppers was actually a facinator headpiece. i wanted to add red in but wasn't allowed wven though the wedding was in red white and black. i would have been happier if the topper was bigger with large feathers but all in all i was quite happy with my first tilted stacked hat box design. TFL