This was all buttercream icing. The bat is made of 4- 1/2 sheet cakes and carved into the bat shape. I tried to make it look 3D a little. THe ball is made from my medium size mixing bowl put 2 together to get the ball. I painted the wood grain on to the bat. Then added the bat detail in buttercream icing. This cake was huge, the cake board was 2' x 4' and heavy as heck. It fed over 100 easy. Thanks for looking