Normal yellow buttercream can cause problems when colouring your buttercream. One big example of this is if you are trying to get pastel shades, especially blue. If we think about mixing colours if you mix blue and yellow you get green! This can mean sometimes if you are colouring your buttercream a light blue colour we end up with a light green. By lightening your buttercream first it allows you to get much truer colours. We allow a 30-day period (from the date of receipt) for any faulty goods to be returned to us. See below for any product-specific exclusions/disclaimers. This is a great way to make sure your cake decoration really pops, especially if you’re adding sprinkles and other details to contrast against the bright white of your icing. Ingenious Edibles Icing and Frosting Whitener is ready to bring a gleaming white finish to every cake design! Make off-white icing a thing of the past with this impressive addition to your cake decorating essentials.

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The whitener is completely tasteless so you don’t need to worry about spoiling the flavour of your favourite recipes! Please Note: Customised or personalised items are excluded from the regulations and cannot be returned. Due to food safety concerns, ready-made cakes are not subject to return unless considered faulty or not fit for purpose. We allow a 14-day period for any unwanted goods to be returned to us in their original condition. This is in line with all domestic web or telesales policies. To make my buttercream I’m still using my American buttercream recipe. You can find a tutorial with some more helpful tips, including what butter I use to make it here: https://youtu.be/tJ_T9WJEgXg Make that off-white icing a thing of the past with Ingenious Edibles' brand new Icing & Frosting Whitener.So the big question is how do you get your yellow buttercream to turn white. The truth is it takes a few stages. The first stage is to whiten your butter. Now you can do this with all your ingredients added to the bowl. In the tutorial I do it before I add my sugar just so you can see the different. By beating butter for longer it naturally starts to lighten. You can see below by beating the butter for 15 minutes you get a much lighter yellow to our original buttercream. Why not try marbling effects, monochrome designs, or creating a rainbow of different pastel colours? The possibilities are endless! Add directly to your icing or buttercream and mix well. Start by mixing a few drops into your mixture and build up until the desired shade is reached.

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This gives us an off white buttercream, so the last stage is to add a whitener. There are different whiteners on the market and these come in either a powder or a liquid. I used the new ‘Icing & frosting whitener’ by Ingenious Edibles. You can add as much as you like. In the tutorial I added 1 tablespoon just to show you how much it can be whitened. Please do not throw any incorrect items as we may ask you to return it to us – we will, of course, cover the cost of your postage in these circumstances. This whitener is ideal for adding royal icing, sugarpaste and buttercream, giving a clean, crisp white shade with just a few drops. Alternatively, you can use this whitener to soften or tone down the shade of your coloured buttercream. Buttercream tends to have a natural off-white, slightly yellow colour due to the butter used in its recipe, and it’s not always the shade we’re looking for.

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For our customers in Northern Ireland with a ‘BT’ postcode, please note that any deliveries will most likely take three days to arrive, on 2 Day Northern Ireland Delivery. You can whiten your buttercream or white ganache prior to adding a colour, which will give you a brighter and truer tone to the colour you are trying to achieve.

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This icing and frosting whitener gives your buttercream a clean and crisp white shade in just a few drops. Alternatively, you can use this whitener to soften or tone down the shade of your coloured buttercream, giving you the opportunity to experiment with different shades, letting your cakey creations really stand out from the crowd.