BRIGHT RED ICING HACK! SUPER RED! | Frenchies Bakery 

It is work for whippit frosting?

Would this work for Italian or Swiss Buttercream?

Hello. Just wanted to pop by to let you know that your instructions for this hack are missing a few steps. You don't microwave the entire batch. That makes the buttercream too loose, and then you have to chill it and rewhip it before you can use it. The proper way to do it is to microwave a small portion of the buttercream and then add it back into the larger batch. It will still develop the color, and you don't lose the structure of the buttercream. I discovered this hack about 4 or 5 years ago. If I had known that it was this useful, I would have made a video then.

Beli B Really helps me as well as the actual video. Big thanks to both of you ❤️❤️

I just tried it but I could not get the volume back in my buttercream and the colour also lightened again 😞

Thank you sm

Thank you lol

😂 thanks

😂😂Sameee heree

Same

Lol i literally just did a spiderman cake and the americolor was really bitter. Next time i have a red cake im going with American buttercream.

I do italian buttercream so after i threw out my first icing i just went with me other food coloring. It worked fine.

Oh man this same happened to men also.😣

@raven did you microwave the whole batch of frosting?

Did it work for u

This really works! Thank you so much for making this video. I was hesitant to try this technique but when everything else failed I decided to try your “melting” method😆 Well it worked like a charm!! Incredible!!! I’ve been making cakes for 16 years and thanks to you I can now make a red cake!! Never too old to learn something new.

Do you have any advice for Swiss meringue buttercream? Would I put the coloring in the egg whites?

@@ediezwahlen8618 I haven't worked with swiss meringue....

@@ediezwahlen8618 But when I work on french macarons (Italian method), I do add the coloring to the meringue before mixing with almond/sugar mix. I guess there's only one way to find out; try it out and see if it works...🤞

@@ediezwahlen8618 I don't know if you still want to know this but look up Sugarologie! She has great tips for SMBC colouring

What type of buttercream did you try it on. I'm wondering if it works on swiss meringue?

@@cynthiagoodard4023 ooh I'm not sure about that one as it would have egg. Try with a little bit. I did my experiment with about half cup of buttercream so not much risk. Let us know if it works 😊

I’m trying burgundy roses this weekend. Fingers-crossed it works. Lol

Works great with Swiss meringue buttercream

Water? Yikes!

@@amandag4617 that's my same reaction

MEE TOOO

I'm surprised it works!

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Really wow thanks

Is it for fondant or also for royal icing?

@@clraffell I think it's just for buttercream.

Really? Why does it work

The light darkens it, not sure why.

@@Courtney983 it probably heats it up too!

Same! I like the tiffany blue one

Same here😄😅

Me too

same here😍😍😍😍

Lol me too

Can you do this to Royal icing??

I just tried it too but found it got lighter again when I whipped it for a minute in the stand mixer 😭 basically turned pink again... Did you notice this?

@@melaniehughes142 ohh yeah.. But after freezing the cake it turned back to that dark red..

This is also what I was thinking & will do, rather than heat the whole icing. I really think the chemistry here is all about the temperature of the coloring. Like in example, we always need to heat up the coloring ( if in liquid ) to color chocolate, otherwise, your chocolate will become sandy or grainy.

Did you try your method and did it work?

Thank you!! I would love to see your video and point of view😀

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣i skip ahead. Verbal diarrhea

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Does it works also for whipping cream

I have found americolor are all dull. Just my experience 🥺

What if I don't have it

Me too omg I gave up on the red it kept coming out pink

Have you tried it with royal icing?

@@claudiawesterlund2983 I haven't yet but I'll be doing some minnie mouse cookies today and will try it

@@claudiawesterlund2983 royal icing usually gets nice and black just with a black gel food coloring

How much time we have to put it in microwave?

@@prachikotalwar4388 she says 5-10 seconds

I just did red and white stripes 😭

+1

Red gets more red as it sits.

Same here..entire red rossette cake..with a dull red

I am a professional baker and have never heard of this trick before either.