Cake was made with a 9" X 13" pan, cut in thirds and layered. Sides of the box are sugar cookies, cut to shape, imprinted with a wood grain mat then baked. When cool they were painted with brown food color. The dowel is real wood. the towel is fondant and the tools are chocolate(candy melts) and the silver parts are rubbed with dry luster dust. For a friends fathers 80th birthday who was a carpenter and had a box like it. She said people couldn't believe it was the cake.