I am making the Ballerina Bear for a Birthday cake and I need suggestions as to where I would put "Happy Birthday Ava" It looks like the cake is mostly done with the star tip. Is there anything else that I could do?

If your putting the cake on a cake board, you could write "Happy Birthday" on the board itself, or if you have fondant, make a fondant plaque and put it on top/or bellow the cake.

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