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cake layers cream cheese butter icing sugar vanilla flaked coconut colouring water red string licorice
Viewed: 30 - Published at: a year agoIngredients
- 2 baked 9-inch round carrot cake layers, cooled
- 1 pkg. (250 g) Philadelphia Light Brick Cream Cheese Spread, softened
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 pkg. (500 g) icing sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 2-2/3 cups flaked coconut, divided
- few drops red food colouring
- 1/2 tsp. water
- decorations: 2 pieces red string licorice, 2 large flat gumdrop candies, 17 small gumdrops
Method
- Cut 1 cake layer as shown in Diagram 1.
- Arrange cakes on tray or large platter as shown in Diagram 2.
- Beat cream cheese spread, butter, sugar and vanilla with mixer until blended; frost cake.
- Reserve 1/4 cup coconut.
- Mix food colouring and water; toss with remaining coconut until evenly tinted.
- Sprinkle over cake.
- Add reserved coconut for the cheeks and inner ears.
- Add decorations to resemble photo.
