instructions
Bake and cool bear cake and 1-layer 7 and 11 in. contour cakes.
To make bear: using tip 16, build up legs. Ice bottoms of feet and inside ears smooth. Cover with tip 16 stars.
Pipe in tip 10 dot muzzle (smooth with finger dipped in cornstarch). Add tip 5 dot nose, tip dot 10 eyes and tip 3 dot pupils. Add tip 1 string mouth. Pipe tip 3 teardrop paw prints.
For party hat: Cut sugar cone to measure 1 3/4 in. high. Ice smooth, add tip 3 dots. Position hat; add tip 3 pom-pom and pull-out fringe.
Prepare contour cakes for rolled fondant and stacked construction. For 11 in. cake, divide into 12ths; mark 1 1/2 in. up from bottom at each point.
Pipe tip 18 bottom shell border; add tip 104 ruffle garland. Randomly pipe tip 3 hearts and dots on both cakes. For 7 in. cake, add tip 21 C-motion shell bottom border.
Position bear cake. Position toppers and #1 candle.