It took me 25 hours over a two-day period: the first day was 11 hours and the second was 14
everything other than the dowels stamen is edible
The bottom cake is vanilla and chocolate with a chocolate cinnamon filling; the top cake (the sphere) is chocolate cinnamon and chocolate cake with the same filling Everything is either made from fondant or royal icing
Go to this link to see a video of me making it (sped up of course): [link]