THIS WAS MY FIRST CARVED CAKE IT WAS 14 INCHES LONG AND WAS TALL AS WELL AS THE TOP OF THE TANK WAS A LOAF TIN …. WAS MADE WITH HELP FROM HUBBY WHO TOLD ME WHAT TO PUT ON THE TANK IUSED CRUSHED CHOCOLATE IN THE BUTTERCREAM TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THE TANK HAD CHURNED UP THE MUD X