my little girls 5th birthday cake (my version of a cakes by ashley cake) she had a dysney princess party and 'simply had to have the beauty and the beast tea pot cake' when she saw it!! (i hope i did the origional masterpiece justice!!) mrs potts is carved form sheets of styro stuck together then covered in fondant, the top tier (8") is also styro (we didn't need that much cake) and the bottom tier is an 11" coconut cream mud covered in fondant all detail is fondant or gumpaste thanks for looking!!