Natural Shades of Red-Cookie Icing Recipes

Achieving a bright red has been a challenge in the natural color world. With ColorKitchen Red Velvet color, it’s easy to get a true fire engine red, that previously was only possible using Red Dye 40.

With ColorKitchen you don’t have to compromise and can eliminate that chemical aftertaste and artificial ingredients.

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From magenta to fire engine red, here are three icing recipes to create gorgeous shades.

FIRE ENGINE RED (left)
3 cups powdered sugar
5 tbsp milk
2 tbsp Red Velvet Color
Orange ColorKitchen Color packet (approx ½ packet or 1 tsp)

MAGENTA (middle)
3 cups powdered sugar
5 tbsp milk
3 tbsp Red Velvet Color (1 full packet)

BRIGHT RED (right)
3 cups powdered sugar
5 tbsp milk
2 tbsp Red Velvet Color
1 Yellow ColorKitchen Color packet (approx 1 ½ tsp)