How Do You Color Icing To Decorate Sugar Skulls?
Making sugar skulls is a way to celebrate Day of the Dead and remember loved ones that passed away. After the skulls are formed from a sugar mixture, they are decorated with bright icing. Here’s how to create a variety of vibrant icing colors in bags for decorating. Prepare white royal icing using water, meringue powder and powdered sugar. The icing is ready once it loses its shine and forms stiff peaks. Divide the icing into batches by scooping it into a decorating bags or plastic zipper lock bags. Prepare one bag for each color to mix. Add concentrated color paste to the royal icing in the bag. Dip a toothpick in the coloring paste and then in the icing. Choose concentrated color pastes, typically used for cake decorating, to color the royal icing. Water-based food coloring isn’t strong enough and the bright colors typical of sugar skulls won’t be achieved. Mix color in the bag. Knead the bag constantly to incorporate the color. Continue until the icing color is homogeneous. Use the
