Buttercream Tinted Help!@

Decorating By bubbiesbougie Updated 2 Oct 2006 , 12:30am by bubbiesbougie

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bubbiesbougie Posted 29 Sep 2006 , 2:58pm
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The past couple of batches of buttercream I have been make have been a disaster I don't know what I am doing wrong. Everytime I add the color to the icing, its like it seperates and you can see the color and little white dots. I have no idea what I am doing wrong. PLEASE help. I would post a picture so you can see but I don't know how to make the file smallewr.

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peajay66 Posted 29 Sep 2006 , 3:06pm
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I've had this happen when I don't stir the icing enough before adding color. It also can happen if you use salt in your icing and you don't dissolve it in the liquid first.

HTH

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bubbiesbougie Posted 29 Sep 2006 , 3:11pm
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Can I keep beating the icing with the color in it and it will go away? I knew salt did that, and I stopped using salt because of that a long time ago. I am thinking it because i keep making very large batches. Double- Doubles that is whats happening.

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peajay66 Posted 29 Sep 2006 , 3:13pm
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Yes, I have had success with re-stirring the icing to make the "dots" disappear.

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bubbiesbougie Posted 29 Sep 2006 , 4:54pm
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Can you over mix icing?

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peajay66 Posted 29 Sep 2006 , 11:02pm
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If you use too high a speed then yes, icing can be "over mixed". But if you use a low speed setting you should be able to mix it for quite awhile without affecting the icing. It just gets creamier the longer you mix it. At least with buttercream.

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charman Posted 29 Sep 2006 , 11:09pm
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Do you sift your icing sugar...I've been told that too can cause white spots...so I dissolve my salt first and sift my 10x sugar, and haven't noticed those annoyin g white spots anymore.
Worth a try.

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bubbiesbougie Posted 2 Oct 2006 , 12:30am
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I have been using a very very high spped because of the large batches and no I never sift. I think I will start. and I will slow the speed way down. THANK YOU ALL!

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