Simple and Delicious Red Icing Without Red Food Coloring
This delicious, healthy red icing is just as pleasing to the eye as it is in your mouth! Made without chemicals or red food coloring, the red icing is achieved simply by adding beetroot powder to a delicious white icing. It's an easy recipe to whip up for a quick dessert on busy days, too!
Equipment
- Electric mixer with whisk attachment (or large mixing bowl and whisk)
- fine mesh sieve
- measuring cups and spoons
Ingredients
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
- whole milk, warm or room temperature (You can also use heavy cream or half and half.)
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- beetroot powder
Instructions
- Put the sieve over your mixing bowl and add one cup of powdered sugar. Use a whisk to whirl the powdered sugar around and around until all the powdered sugar is sifted into your mixing bowl.
- Next, add two tablespoons of softened, room temperature butter to your sifted sugar. Turn your mixer on low and stir the sugar and butter together until it looks like coarse crumbles.
- With the mixer on the slowest speed, add tablespoons of warm or room temperature milk to the sugar mixture until it becomes a dry frosting.
- Next, add two teaspoons of good vanilla extract and mix it in well.
- Add tablespoons of milk one at a time until your frosting develops soft peaks.
- To start with, add a quarter teaspoon of beetroot powder to your icing and mix it in well. You can add more to get your desired color. And that's it!