So, if someone wants a huge cake that takes hours to decorate but can only pay $50 for it - you'll accomodate them? After all - you can only get what people will pay.
Nix on the liquorice. Just the smell makes me puke. I would demand my money back from a cake with liquorice on it. The smell/flavour would infect the entire cake and render it inedible.
If you only need small amounts at a time, purchase...
Hmmm. Personally, I have eaten many slices of coconut cake, as it is my favorite. I'd have to say that the formula I've developed over the past , oh, twenty years or so, is by far the best ever.