Tried The Violet Trick And It Works!
Decorating By amandasweetcakes Updated 20 Mar 2007 , 2:52am by fooby
That's amazing! Who would have thought adding violet to butter yellow icing would turn it white!
It works! Pretty cool!
Thanks for the tip CC!
Yea worked for me too. I learned it here too. I love this place 
...violet trick is a tiny tiny touch of violet color takes away the yellow in icing..makes it nice and white...
That works with alot of things as I am a hairstylist and that is one of the rules of hair colour. I should have known that one before here...duh..lol
I just tried it the other day and was totally amazed! I was very happy because now I don't have to search for white margerine. Countrykittie, the violet trick is - if you have icing that is yellow (usually because you use butter or margarine), you can put a teeny bit of violet food coloring in and it turns it white. I guess because purple is red and blue - primary colors - it cancels out the yellow or something. I don't know how it works, but it does. But, don't use too much or you'll get grey.
How much is just enough so as to not make it gray?
How much is just enough so as to not make it gray?
I used just a tiny tiny bit. I just put a tiny bit in the tip of my tooth pick. & I use the Buttercream Dream on this site.
(Did I say only a tiny bit 
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You know I have been making buttercream dream for a while and I knew about this trick I learned it here on another post and I keep forgetting to try it !!!!
Wow - thanks for sharing this invaluable tip, I'll be incorporating this idea from hereon. Are there any other colors that we should be aware of? I heard something about fondant purple turning blue under lighting so you should use Wilton purple to hold the hue.
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