Has anyone noticed that different brands of butter are different colors? My BC is never true white because I just don't care for the all Crisco recipes so I always use butter. I usually use Kroger store brand butter and my BC is usually slightly off-white. This weekend I used Land O' Lakes butter and it was much yellower which made my BC very ivory.
Has anyone else noticed this? If so, what brands are lighter/darker yellow? I might choose a particular brand based on if I need a truer white or not.
You could use Brite-White to whiten your buttercream. It works excellent but just make sure you don't use too much so that it doesn't ruin the consistency of your BC.
No, adding the brite white does not change the taste at all and it works very well. I ahve also used the adding of a touch of violet in a pinch and that works as well.
If I am using a crisco and butter recipe, I always whip them together before adding other ingrediants. I try not to whip them too long because I am afraid of causing too many air bubbles. I always use the paddle attachment for my BC's unless I am making IMBC, then I use both.
The violet trick does work wonders, just be careful not to add too much, it will get dingy looking. When I do it, I just add a little at a time.
When I beat it, I use the paddle attachment and beat the crisco, butter and vanilla together. I beat the heck out of them, before I start adding the sugar.
At least in the UK, I have noticed that most organic butters are more white than yellow.
No, adding the brite white does not change the taste at all and it works very well. I ahve also used the adding of a touch of violet in a pinch and that works as well.
If I am using a crisco and butter recipe, I always whip them together before adding other ingrediants. I try not to whip them too long because I am afraid of causing too many air bubbles. I always use the paddle attachment for my BC's unless I am making IMBC, then I use both.
I have to disagree - I think it adds a VERY chemical-y aftertaste.
Thistle-n-Bean - good to know! I was just thinking of trying organic and was also wondering about color of that too. Lots to try out! Have you noticed that organic tastes different/better?
Personally I think it depends on the brand, but for the most part it seems a bit richer to me, which I like. My daughter and I also made some "homemade" butter from organic cream, and it was almost completely white!
I don't think that the brands are adding anything to make their butter whiter/yellower, it's a matter of freshness. I've read somewhere (a Geoff Jansz book called Desserts, for us in Oz) that fresh butter will look almost completely white. But as it gets rancid, apparently, the colour changes to that yellow.
And I guess it's true. I had some butter in the fridge a couple of months ago before I went on a holiday and when i came back to use it, there was this thin layer of dark yellow butter covering up what might have been the originally fresh 'white' butter. YUCK!
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