Simple Cream Cheese Frosting

1/2 cup butter, softened
12 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups confectioner's sugar
food coloring (optional)

Combine butter, cream cheese, vanilla and sugar in a large bowl and beat well with an electric mixer until smooth and spreadable. Add a drop of food coloring and blend well into your frosting.

This is a good frosting to sprinkle with coconut. When I make a coconut cake using this frosting I frost the top of my bottom layer, add a heavy amount of coconut, frost the bottom of the next layer and place it on top of the coconut. This "glues" the two together and keeps it from slipping due to the amount of coconut.