This cake is 3 square tiers - 10", 8", and 6". Dark chocolate cake, chocolate mousse filling with chocolate buttercream. The "petals" are shaved dark chocolate - several hours and a cramped hand later, I began to jigsaw them onto the cake. It was hot as I put this together, that along with warm hands, caused many "petals" to melt and/or crack. I finally got it all together. Then I did some airbrushing on all the petals. I started with a warm brown, then added some ivory and copper. I finished it off with some gold in the centers of all the petals to give it some shine and some depth. This was the final product. I am pretty happy with it! TFL