I made this Pirates of the Caribbean Skull cake freehand for my grandson's 10th birthday. The skull and torches sat on a full sheet cakeboard covered in frosting. The waves are tipped with pearl lustre dust. The skull is 6" high, the torches (cake) are 2-1/2" high, and the flames (fondant) are 3-1/2" high. After frosting and shading the skull and flames I covered them with gold lustre dust. It sparkled like real gold in the sunlight! Not perfect, but he loved it!