Buttercream icing, four 12" square layers, five 6" round layers, cake on plate was cut from an 8" cake. I used as little fondant on the cake as possible--edges of the box, the red stripes on the hat and the white on the slice of cake. The black lines are airbrushed on, and painted on on the hat and cake slice. Made this for my nephews birthday:) and had fun doing it!