The possibilities are endless. Naturally colorful powder pigments don't dilute your frosting, so you can make a visual impact with saturated hues, or a subtle lovely tint with just a wink of color.
INGREDIENTS
1 pint frosting (handmade or store bought)
Color Kitchen Color packets (see mixing instructions below)
FROSTING RECIPE
4 tbsp unsalted butter (room temp)
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tbsp milk (or milk substitute)
½ tsp vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
If making frosting from scratch, blend color with dry ingredients before hydrating or mix color powder with a very small amount of water (approx ¼ tsp liquid to 1 ¼ tsp color) to make a paste.
For premade frosting, mix directly into frosting and mix until color is fully blended. Color will continue to saturate and intensify over the next day.
Here are some suggested ratios per pint of buttercream frosting:
Magenta: 2 tsp pink
Light Lavender: ¼ tsp blue + ¼ tsp pink
Purple: 1 pink tsp + 1 blue tsp
Strawberry Pink: ½ tsp pink
Periwinkle Blue: ½ tsp blue
Sky Blue: 2 tsp blue
Deep Orange: 2 tsp orange