ok I am seriously insane need help

[Tinks]

Or you could just buy a tin of Betty Crockers icing stuff.

[Rach75]

tinks thanks for the link can't PM you as it says your inbox is full

someone explain how adding violet coloring to buttercream makes it white

catherinmoses I did fidn a recipe on the wilton website that used vegetabke shortening something in america couldn't find a equivalent in australia terms though will goolgle that now

tinks yeah have thought about just buying the tinned stuff do the filling in normal butter cream...might just be easier

[Raupe]

Could you possibly make a cream cheese icing? Tastes delicious, and is pure white! It also has the same consistency as buttercream icing.... Just a thought

Edit: I just did a bit of googling, and the main suggestion is to beat the icing for a verrrryyy long time. (the longer you beat it, the whiter it becomes. However it never really turns pure white)
Another thing I read was to use blue food colouring (and it doesn't have to be the Wilton one). You just add the TINIEST amount of blue colouring to your butter cream and it will "neutralise" the icing to look white. Apparently. It has somethig to do with Newton's colour theory and the way our eyes receive visual images Or something....

I reckon either buy a ready made white frosting or go cream cheese frosting. That's less complicated than setting up your own colour lab . (*Visual image of you in a scientist's coat and safety goggles!* )

Good luck

[Rach75]

Raupe thats what the video tinks linked me too did except they used violet color, I just can't work out how it works LOL....do you think a bunch of 4-5 yr olds would eat cream cheese icing ??? I had thought of that never made it either why I am stressing Ii do not know I bloody did my sisters wedding cake and her SIL's you'd think if I can do that then a kids bday cake should be a sinch

[Jellybean29]

Raupe thats what the video tinks linked me too did except they used violet color, I just can't work out how it works LOL....do you think a bunch of 4-5 yr olds would eat cream cheese icing ??? I had thought of that never made it either why I am stressing Ii do not know I bloody did my sisters wedding cake and her SIL's you'd think if I can do that then a kids bday cake should be a sinch

I think they probably would if they didn't KNOW what is was!

[Jellybean29]

Raupe thats what the video tinks linked me too did except they used violet color, I just can't work out how it works LOL....do you think a bunch of 4-5 yr olds would eat cream cheese icing ??? I had thought of that never made it either why I am stressing Ii do not know I bloody did my sisters wedding cake and her SIL's you'd think if I can do that then a kids bday cake should be a sinch

I think they probably would if they didn't KNOW what is was!

[Raupe]

I think they probably would if they didn't KNOW what is was!

Yeah that!

Make a small batch of the icing and see if your kids like it! I personally love it and I'm a big kid!! hehe

Otherwise you could mix the buttercream with the cream cheese icing! OR you could try the white chocolate and cream cheese icing that "Fast Ed" made for his carrot cake (on Better Homes). OMG It' soooooooooooooo goood!!! *droooool*

[Bloom]

I haven't had much luck with the wilton "white" stuff that you add to buttercream. You have to add an awful lot of it and then it left a funny taste.

My suggestion would be a whipped egg white type icing. I think it is called fluffly frosting in the women's weekly cake book (if you have that). Basically you boil sugar and water and then pour that (while hot) into whipped egg whites and keep beating for 10 minutes. It is great! I use it all the time as it is pure white and tastes like marshmallow. You might want to have a trial go first though...