I made this for my niece to celebrate her graduation from USF as a History major. It is all vanilla cake covered in buttercream & fondant. I also used gumpaste for pieces that needed to be sturdier than fondant. Some other decorative items/tools used include silver dragees, airbrushed pearl dust, clay glun (for the tassle), funky alphabet cutters, etc.... This cake traveled in separate pieces over a period of 5-6 hrs in the car and was assembled on-site. It's not perfect but I did my best all things considered!