Pink BUTTERCREAM

Hey Wallace
I didn’t know what lurpak butter was, so I googled it. I see it’s Danish butter. But no matter the brand of butter, if it’s white to start, perhaps it’s your food colouring. I use both Wilton and Ameri colour gel pink. I always get a soft pink or dark pink depending on how much gel I use.
Hope this helps…. :o)

Hi jchuck – Lurpak isn’t white [ it’s yellow} but if you whip is well it’s the whitest one I find. Wilton appears to not be pink. I’ve also used sugarflair red ? – is it because I use red ??

Wallace, try wilton gel…the rose colour one..it’s pretty colour xx

btw red will not achieved pretty pink, i use wilton rose colour for all my pink colour :) hope i could help you.

Well actually, I use yellow coloured butter..no problems. I’ve also used red to achieve pink without difficulty. Not familiar with “sugarflair” brand. As long as you use the tiniest amount of red, it should work. Try adding just a hint if yellow to the icing with your red. This might help. You red could be a red-red, a Rose hue red, a Christmas red…. can’t tell without seeing it….this changes the outcome.

i use wilton red red – sugarflair red red – :) – i tried rose wilton and also orangy – will try again – thanks ladies xx

Hi Wallace…agree with SweetLin, use Wilton Rose. Wilton Pink is actually quite peachy/salmony whereas if you want a prettier or crisper pink, it is the Rose you will want to use. The first pic here is using reg. Wilton Pink. The second pic is using Wilton Rose, just difference concentrations to achieve the different shades. Also, if you do not have access to Rose then you can always add a very small touch of Violet to your pink to make it less “salmony”

Should work the same on buttercream too =D

thanks VIolet – can’t see your pics- links appear to be broken x .. I was wondering if the adding violet to plain butter cream whipped tip was going to help, as that’s how to get really white buttercream. ….and then add the colour. I will defo try that now – it was just at the time not an option as no replacements available then. I will also get rose – as wilton pink isn’t pink !:P

My fav is Americolor “soft pink.” It works great for me and I use all butter also :)