4 Hacks for WHITE Buttercream

How to make white buttercream frosting is one of the most commonly asked questions about cake decorating so in this week's tutorial I'll share 4 hacks to help you say goodbye to yellow buttercream!

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These are the chapters of this tutorial. Click the timestamp to skip to that topic:
0:00 Introduction
0:13 Beat the butter to make it less yellow
0:52 Add violet to make buttercream whiter
1:17 White icing colour in buttercream
1:29 Change the background colour
2:14 Use shortening instead of butter in the buttercream

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[Seeing_it_as_it_is]

We are hitting 109 degrees here in Houston Texas and that last tip was amazing thank you

[sheilaalonsotorres]

Thanks Emily this one was very good!As usual!😊

[laurazeller]

Thank you, Emily! I've been using the whitener but I think it makes the buttercream have a grainy taste. I'm trying the violet instead for my next cake.

[maxinemuhammad]

Love brill advice love it thank you 💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[FlowerPower]

Awesome tips! 😁 So it looks like when you scrape the sides of your cake you end up with a skinnier bottom and flared top 🤷 maybe it's just the camera angle IDK I love your idea with the Violet in the white frosting brilliant! 😍

[Reneesillycar]

I love your videos. I have tried most of these methods (except violet colouring) but still find my buttercream changing back to a yellowish colour once the final coat is on & I put it in the fridge before decorating. Do you have any solutions please?

[Lollos_Cakes]

I think the whipping method works pretty fine, I use it🙂

[cbailey]

I use all crisco, powdered sugar, clear butter and clear vanilla flavoring, some salt and if it going to be warm I use ice water instead of milk or cream because of not wanting to take the chance will milk products spoiling

[Yemi-lz]

What can I do to make my butter cream tastier . Not talking about flavour but to achieve robust taste, give it minty orange other taste ?

[zimahez]

When you say substitute… do you mean half butter and half shortening? Please I need clarity

[anitasharma]

Whenever I add violet to my butter cream it turns my decent white buttercream a dirty grey