I know with clear vanilla and almond, what have you..

I need it pure white. The icing I made the other day turned ivory-ish. (I know SC will appreciate that word)
Anyone know how to get my buttercream pure white with a GOOD taste??

Have you tried the wilton white? It seemed to work pretty well.

I just use the Wilton class buttercream with clear vanilla, butter and almond flavorings for a pure white icing.

Forgot-I use this recipe all the time and the longer you beat it the whiter it becomes. My dh doesn't really like bc but he likes this one.

http://www.baking911.com/recipes/cakes/buttercreamtami.htm

I would use a white color or whitener or whatever it is. I know someone suggested Wilton and I think CK, Chefmaster, and Americolor makes a white too. Whatever brand you prefer.

I just use Wiltons recipe for BC and REAL butter, and clear vanilla extract and it is white very white.. I have even used the dark vanilla and real butter and gotten white too....now if you need white white as they call it, doing what I just said and use Wiltons white stuff...its a liquidity substance but it works well too.

I am of the school of thought that 100% shortening icings don't taste too good. I'd rather get as close as I can to white using tastier ingredients (butter).

Usually, my buttercream 1/2 and 1/2 comes out pretty white, especially if I beat it for about 10 minutes, and it tastes great. I use a clear pure vanilla from Mexico
(Azteca), so there is no artificial taste. I know that they have white butter that you can buy; I just don't know where.
YOu can also use a rolled fondant (homemade, again, is always best), and that is about as white as it gets.

I've used the Snow White Buttercream recipe in the Wilton book. It turns out really nice. Also the clear Wilton butter flavor works well. Don't use generic. It has an odd flavor.

Dream Whip BC..out of this world...light, fluffy, not grainy and white white white

thank you all so much!! I can't believe the number of responses I got so quickly! Thanks again!

Cakefairy - is it easy to pipe with the dream whip bc??

I often use real (dark) vanilla and butter--sometimes even butter flavored Crisco which is very yellow-- and if I need white I just add one drop of violet color during the final few minutes of beating. The icing turns a nice white and then takes other colors very well.

The reason this works is because violet is opposite yellow on the color wheel, so they cancel each other out and result in the absence of color--white. If you overdo the violet, you can counterbalance it with a drop of yellow, so it's hard to go wrong here.

I've used white by Wilton and Americolor and you need a lot more than one drop to whiten icing, so I prefer the "violet method". The whites contain titanium--not necessarily a terrible thing--so I try to use it sparingly.

Just my .02
Rae

I use white by Wilton. ( add it to the butterceram.) 1/2 crisco 1/2 butter or even 100 % crisco works very well for me.


Good Luck

hello there I always use butter, icing sugar, lemon juice and vanilla and mix on maximum in electric mixer goes beautifully white and easy to pipe with