Colour Not Right

Decorating By BarbaraK Updated 18 Oct 2006 , 10:45am by Lazy_Susan

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BarbaraK Posted 18 Oct 2006 , 8:37am
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Made a batch of buttercream icing which I tinted with Americolor Sky blue but the cream turned out looking more like green. Why did this happen and how to I stop it from happening again? icon_cry.gif

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HollyPJ Posted 18 Oct 2006 , 8:49am
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Buttercream made with butter would have a yellow tint to it...yellow and blue make green?

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cowdex Posted 18 Oct 2006 , 10:00am
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The tinyest touch of violet makes 'yellow' buttercream back white.

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wgoat5 Posted 18 Oct 2006 , 10:29am
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hmm..haven't had this problem..heres a bump

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scoobam Posted 18 Oct 2006 , 10:43am
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Same thing happened to me!! I thought it was more of a sea green than a sky blue. LOL I have some, but not a lot of butter in my recipe.

I added some electric blue that I had and that seemed to help it.

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Lazy_Susan Posted 18 Oct 2006 , 10:45am
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Originally Posted by HollyPJ

Buttercream made with butter would have a yellow tint to it...yellow and blue make green?




Yes, the yellow butter and the sky blue Americolor would turn the frosting greenish. One of my cakes did the same thing. Only difference is that my frosting was Cream Cheese Frosting and not buttercream.

Next time I would try to use all Crisco BC. Leave out the butter. Maybe this would help keep it from turning green.

Lazy_Susan

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