Snowman Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 cake mix, whatever flavor you like
    1 1/4 cups water
    1/3 cup vegetable oil
    3 egg whites
    2 candy canes, unwrapped
    2 flat bottom ice cream cones
    vanilla candy coating, melted (almoond bark)
    1 container vanilla frosting
    1 (7 ounce) package flaked coconut or (7 ounce) package shredded coconut
    5 large black gumdrops
    1 large orange gumdrop
    7 small black gumdrops
    1 package fruit by the foot fruit leather (any red flavor)
    2 cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
    black shoestring licorice
    2 pretzel sticks
Preparation
    Bake cake mix as directed on package, using water, oil and egg whites, in two 8- or 9-inch round pans.
    Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack.
    Cool completely, about 1 hour.
    Cover 18x10-inch tray or cardboard with aluminum foil.
    Attach candy cane to each cone using melted candy coating to make ice skates; let stand until set.
    Arrange cake rounds with sides touching on tray.
    Frost with frosting.
    Sprinkle with coconut, pressing gently so it stays on frosting.
    Use large black gumdrops for eyes and buttons, large orange gumdrop for nose, small black gumdrops for mouth and fruit snack roll for scarf.
    Place cookie on each side of head for earmuffs; attach with shoestring licorice.
    Arrange pretzel rods for arms and cones for ice skates.

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