This was my first attempt at carving a cake. This cake is 2 9x13 cakes stacked, the tail is also cake, until it got too small of course. I used the scrap cake from the body for the tail. The tongue and legs are florist wire covered in MMF. The scales are cut from the opening of a decorating tip that fits the large size couplers. She had seen a similar cake at the cake decorating supply store we always visit for supplies and said "I want that cake for my next birthday!" She was surprised I remembered!