Easter Basket Cake

• 3 pre-baked (8-inch) round cake layers
• 4 cups white vanilla frosting
• 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
• Green liquid food coloring
• 1 cup Easter egg candy (such as Cadbury Coated Chocolate Mini Eggs)
• Mini marshmallows
• 12-inches of garden wire

1. Place 1 cake layer on a cake stand or serving plate. Top with 1 cup of the frosting, and spread evenly. Repeat procedure with second cake layer, and top with remaining cake layer.
2. Using a small knife, carve out a 1/2-inch deep hole in the top center of cake, leaving a 1-inch border. Use a spoon to remove the carved out cake from hole. Lightly frost sides and top of cake with 1 cup of the frosting, coating the top hole with a thin layer to hold in the crumbs.
3. Fit a large piping bag with a basket weave tip (such as Wilton No.47 tip) and fill piping bag with remaining icing. Pipe a basket weave pattern around sides of cake.
4. Place coconut and a drop of green food coloring in a plastic ziplock bag; toss to combine. Transfer green coconut to the hole on top of cake, covering entire hole. Top coconut with candy eggs.
5. Skewer mini marshmallows onto garden wire, leaving a 1 1/2-inch border of wire on both ends. Insert wire ends into top of cake to resemble a basket handle.

cake layers, white vanilla frosting, coconut, green liquid food coloring, egg, marshmallows, garden wire

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/easter-basket-cake-0 (may not work)