Hip-Hop Bunny Cake

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup butter softened
• 2  baked 9-inch round carrot cake layers cooled
• 8 oz philadelphia cream cheese softened
• 7 oz baker's angel flake coconut divided
• 3 drops food coloring red
• 16 oz powdered sugar 
• 1 drops decorations: 2 pieces string licorice red
• 2 tsp vanilla 
• 0.5 tsp water 

Equipment

• blender

Directions

1. Cut 1 cake layer as shown in Diagram
2. Arrange cakes on tray or large platter as shown in Diagram
3. Beat cream cheese, butter, sugar and vanilla with mixer until well blended; frost cake.
4. Reserve 1/4 cup coconut.
5. Mix food coloring and water; toss with remaining coconut until evenly tinted.
6. Sprinkle over cake.
7. Add reserved coconut for the cheeks and inner ears.
8. Add decorations to resemble photo.