I made this for my daughter who lives in Chicago (I'm in Detroit area) The cake left with her friends in two separate tiers and she put it together when it arrived, luckily with no harm done. She added the buttercream border at the base of the top tier as well as all of the cookies on the top. All decorations are sugar cookies decorated with RI. Bottom 10" tier was chocolate with oreo and cream filling, top 8" tier was lemon with lemon buttercream and raspberry filling. A HUGE thanks to fellow CC member, wtare (Terry), for coming to my house and helping me assemble the cake and frost it. I couldn't have done it without her! As a "cookie person" I have a huge respect now for those that do cakes! Huge amount of work for me, but my daughter loved it and that's what it's all about. TFL!