Veri Peri tinted royal icing

Veri Peri tinted royal icing

Today is one of those days that feels perfect to try to experiment with some food color combinations and tint some icing in the new Pantone color of year 2022,  VERI PERI!  Just writing the name of the color gives me joy.   I looked up the information about the color and it is so inspiring what they have to say about the color.   (You can read the full article click HERE )

PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri

A New Pantone Color Whose Courageous Presence Encourages Personal Inventiveness And Creativity.

" Displaying a carefree confidence and a daring curiosity that animates our creative spirit, inquisitive and intriguing PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri helps us to embrace this altered landscape of possibilities, opening us up to a new vision as we rewrite our lives. Rekindling gratitude for some of the qualities that blue represents complemented by a new perspective that resonates today, PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri places the future ahead in a new light.

We are living in transformative times. PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri is a symbol of the global zeitgeist of the moment and the transition we are going through. As we emerge from an intense period of isolation, our notions and standards are changing, and our physical and digital lives have merged in new ways. Digital design helps us to stretch the limits of reality, opening the door to a dynamic virtual world where we can explore and create new color possibilities. With trends in gaming, the expanding popularity of the metaverse and rising artistic community in the digital space PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri illustrates the fusion of modern life and how color trends in the digital world are being manifested in the physical world and vice versa. "

Wow! This is the first time that I  read about the Pantone colors,  I think that this also apply very nicely to the pastry world, as you know pastries like to be "on trend" and need to be made in colors that will match the party decorations and I think this year, a lot of themed cookies will come in this color hue. 

Click here for a video on how to make the royal icing.

The color wheel call for violet and Christmas red to create a similar color, I will add some blue tones to make it more similar to Veri Peri.

 I will use:

* Violet ( 1 part )

*  Super red ( few touches) 

* Wedgewood ( few touches)

You can play around with these three gel colors to find the perfect shade.

Always be careful when adding red gel color, a little bit goes along way and mix very well before adding more.

The  touch of wedgewood gel was what my icing needed to become a Veri  Peri  icing.

These little color wheel is a great tool to have around your kitchen, you can start with the suggestions it gives you and then you can add some other colors to achieve what you are looking for.  

This icing color will be great for some Easter cookies, can't wait to bake some cookies and cover them with this joyful icing!