and by George---IT WORKED!! How cool is that!! I'm not sure what happened this time--but my bc was soooooooo yellow. I have new vanilla, so I'm wondering if that is the culprit.
Basically, it was so yellow it was ruined as base icing. So I figured it couldn't hurt to try it. I was SO scared!!
To about 6 cups of icing, I added 1 drop of Americolor Violet---as I was mixing it, I could actually see the icing getting whiter. Very cool!!
I can't remember who passed on this tip--but THANKS to whomever did!
Lisa
That is great! I tried that tip last night too just to get my buttercream to be perfectly white and it does work!!!! Very shocking but a great tip to keep in the back of my mind now!
who'd a thunk it??? I would never have thought to add violet to get White! Man I love this site!
I have never heard of this. Wow!! I will definitely have to "file" that tip for future use. Thanks for posting.
I guess it works on the same principal as the old way of putting 'blueing' into white clothes to make them pretty and white. Most of you younger folks won't know what I'm talking about, but I remember those days when my mom used it. I'll have to get some of the violet. Thanks for the tip.
that's awesome, I saw someone say something about it because violet and yellow are on opposite sides of the color wheel or something???? Who knew it would actually work ? That's amazing!!!
JUST TRIED IT AND IT WORKED!!!!! I usually use Americolor, but only had access to Wilton and that is what I used!
I LOVE THIS SITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ps...can you tell I'm thrilled!
My grandmother who decorated cakes for 20+ years passed the tip of adding a spec of blue to the icing to make it crystal white. I couldn't believe my eyes the first time I saw her do it. I use the Wilton royal blue color and it works great.
Wonder if the wilton people knew this all along but figured they would make more money off of the whitener?? LOL
Does the whitener really work? Could you use it to lighten a color you make too dark?
I just found out about this too and tried the Wilton color, and it worked!!!
I don't have any liquid coloring, so all I had was the paste/gel -- added it a little at a time with a toothpick, and it was amazing!
I frosted a cake with my normal 1/2 butter 1/2 crisco recipe and then refrosted it with the doctored icing -- the difference was truly remarkable!
THank you to whomever started passing this one along!
I use 1/2 butter 1/2 crisco recipe and it makes it an offwhite color. I think if I had added more it would have made it white. I ran out of time so off white had to do.
Cecilia
I guess it works on the same principal as the old way of putting 'blueing' into white clothes to make them pretty and white. Most of you younger folks won't know what I'm talking about, but I remember those days when my mom used it. I'll have to get some of the violet. Thanks for the tip.
Subaru
Im 33 and my mum used this until i was about 12 years old and we moved to Australia, i'd be suprised if they're not still selling this stuff in Uruguay. I was thinking of the same thing, and wondering if anyone would know what i was talking about if i mentioned it, and there you are saying the same thing i was thinking!!!!
Nati
What a great trick. I just ordered some americolor violet so I'm going to try it out when it gets here. Thanks guys!
not sure i understand
are you adding violet to sl off white icing to get white?
thanks
Yes. If you use butter and your icing has a yellow-cast or off white to it--it should whiten it up. The theory is that because yellow and violet are on opposite from one another on the color wheel, they cancel each other out. It worked GREAT! Just use a tiny bit, though.
Actually--I told my mom about this and she thought about the "bluing" that they used to use in laundry.
Lisa
I know this has nothing to do with cakesbut...I have heard couple people talk about the bluing in laundry...what is this and how do you do it?
They still make bluing, last stuff I bought was at a Ben Franklin (5 and Dime) in town. It doesn't work as well as I had hoped. Maybe because of the new types of materials used in clothing. However, on cotton - - - it rocks.
Yeah--just be becareful. Years ago I added bluing to a load to get a dress white and it turned BLUE! ARGH! I probably did it wrong or something but the dress was already ruined with yellow staining from the dry cleaners, so I figured it couldn't get any worse.
Lisa
so if you have an all-shortening based icing and it doesn't have a yellowish tint to it, you're going to get violet when you add violet, right?
As for laundry, can you add permanent dye (violet or is it called indigo? can't remember what colors they have in it) to the water to get your yellowed cottons nice and white again? Is that similar to what you guys are talking about when you say "bluing"?
not sure i understand
are you adding violet to sl off white icing to get white?
thanks
Yes. If you use butter and your icing has a yellow-cast or off white to it--it should whiten it up. The theory is that because yellow and violet are on opposite from one another on the color wheel, they cancel each other out. It worked GREAT! Just use a tiny bit, though.
Actually--I told my mom about this and she thought about the "bluing" that they used to use in laundry.
Lisa
That is so weird.... I cannot get over this... cancels eachother out... I am an artist, I should know this! I can't want to make off color icing to try it LOL
parismom
I'm an artist also, this is very odd but the bluing effect doesn't work in with the art world's color wheel.......so weird........the exception to the rules I guess.
Yeah I guess... I am just confused over this! I see that it must work but I'm still just amazed at the thought. I want to get off this diet and make some yellow icing... and then eat it plain! LOL
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