Icing Whiteners And Americolor Colors
Decorating By mrskennyprice Updated 5 Jul 2006 , 3:33pm by JoanneK
I got a grrreat tip on here for whitening (using a little violet fc to counteract the yellow) only problem was, on the second batch, I went a little overboard and then had to counteract the purple with more yellow, which turned the icing, um, GREEN, so then I had a mad hunt for icing whitener, which thankfully I found at Michael's. I seemed to have to use a LOT of it to get the icing whiter, and even then it wasn't white white. Do you all have an opinion about the Wilton whitener v. Americolor's whitener? Also, what have been your experiences with Americolor colors? I didn't even know about them until someone listed on here that it was one of their 'trade secrets' - are they better than Wilton colors? Definitely looks easier to use with a dropper than having to measure it out on a toothpick. What are your experiences? Thanks!
I used icing whitener the other day as I accidently made my grey too dark.I didn't want to waste all the icing so I used the Americolor white.It took quite a bit to aoften it but at least I didn't waste the icing.
mrskennyprice: I am glad I didn't try that then! lol! I thought maybe I had put in a little too much violet and was THINKING of adding a little yellow, but then the longer I looked at the icing, the more white it seemed to me. I thought I better not mess with it...glad I didnt! ha ha [/code]
I use Americolors now--love them compared to Wilton! No more toothpicks and you don't need as much color to get a nice deep color. I have used both the Wilton and Americolor whiteners and they both work the same way. As long as the color is not too dark and you don't need it extremely light, it will be okay. It really is more liquid than gel, so if you use a ton of it, it will change the consistency of your icing. One tip that I did learn with the Americolor whitener is that it can give your color a satiny look. At the ICES convention last year, the demonstrator showed adding a little whitner to icing tinted with their gold color and it did give it a little bit of a shimmer look--NOT drastic, but a satin look.
onetrick I use is to really beat the heck out of the butter/shortening before adding anything else. I whip it on high speed for quite awhile - until the yellow from the butter totally disappears. It makes a huge difference in how white the icing is at the end of the process
The only thing I use the Wilton icing whitener for is my colorflow pieces that have colors bleed into any white section. I just paint over the white part when the colorflow is completely dry. Worked great for that.
Wilton does make a whitener in a squeeze bottle. I know because I have it. That way you don't have to use the toothpick.
I love Americolors so much more then Wilton colors. They color much deeper and true to the color you are trying to get. I hate the toothpick part of the Wilton colors.
Joanne
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