Oh, I loved doing this cake....I am so proud of it. The beer bottles are made of sugar, like the stuff you would use to make suckers. I flavored them root beer for fun. The labels for the bottle are printed onto edible paper with edible ink. The cake is at the base, covered with the wooden plankets which are made from gum paste and airbrushed. The ice chips, I used sugar because of cost didn't want to use the isomalt, which would have came out clear. But I still think it came out pretty good.