This was a huge cake. Bottom tier 10 inches top 6, both tier was 4 layers of dark devils food filled with tart cherry perserves. Iced with American Buttercream (nastiness before I learned how to make Italian). The frosting is shiny due to sweat, because I refrigerated it over night before it made a 2.5 hour trip to my little sisters birthday part. Poor cake did get a few cracks around the top layer. But my sister loved it so thats all that matters! Also the flowers were fresh and I paid more for them than the ingredients of the cake, crazy? Yes...stupid florist. ;)