Just a quick question: When making royal icing, do you have to color it white with white food coloring so that it doesn't go transparent on you?
I attended a class last week and we used red, green and white icing, but I didn't think to ask the teacher about it.
Thanks!
Sandra L.
I've never had the problem of transparency with royal icing, and never colored it white. You can try it and let us know the results, but offhand I'd say it isn't necessary to color it. Good luck! 
I always add white to my base icing, then I have bright white when I need it & my colors seem to be brighter when I mix them.
That's a great idea -- I'm going to try that with my next batch! Thanks!! 
I have never had the problem of royal icing not being white enough (unless you don't beat it long enough then it will be transparent). I did have that trouble with Toba Garrett's glace and someone kind here let me know about whitening for icing. I got a bottle from Michaels (it's Wilton brand and really cheap for how much you get) and it totally did the trick. No more transparent Toba icing! Hope this helps!
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