All 3 tiers are chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream. Covered in chocolate buttercream and chocolate ganache and chocolate dipped farmer's market fresh strawberries. Originally it was supposed to be square but I had issues finding square pans in the sizes I needed, so she was happy enough to go with round. She cried when she saw it, everyone loved it and it was delicious, as I got to have some being at the wedding and all.