Coloring icing is hard! This is my first iced cake, decorated May 18, 2009 as part of the Wilton class. I couldn't get a good red! I even tried putting some red baby food in the icing. My icing turned out yellow instead of white to start off with, because I used half butter and half butter flavored shortening to make the icing. I didn't have black coloring, so I used cocoa to get brown. I learned a lot! The smurf is holding "The Red Tent" by Anita Diamont, because this cake is for my book club!