This was for my sons 2nd Birthday and only my 4th cake. My mum and I worked for a few weeks prior to make all the figurines, it was a hoot, even my sister made the bulldog so it was a real family affair. It took in total, 24 hours to make and it ended up being much bigger than I ever expected. It was made with 2 x 8" square cakes on the bottom and 1 in half and triangled for the roof. I covered the barn in brown and scored the icing when it was on the cake and covered the roof and added the straw later.