BRIGHT RED ICING HACK! SUPER RED! | Frenchies Bakery

[@FrenchiesBakery]

Hello new viewers! A few things to know... -Yes I talk a lot Haha! I like to be more personal with my subscribers. Giving really give good detail is important ☺️ -YES it works on whipped icing and cream cheese icing.

[@jenniferlibunao5033]

It is work for whippit frosting?

[@lisaanderson135]

Would this work for Italian or Swiss Buttercream?

[@belib5911]

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.

[@clairemargaretpanganiban5003]

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

[@deannatutty4555]

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

[@bakingdays101]

This is a cool trick.I use a small amount of Black Cocoa powder in white icing then only need a small amount of black colouring to get intense black.

[@Someone-vn9ce]

The science behind that is that color doesn't completely saturate the butter or fats in the icing because they are suspended, even if they are miniscule after being beaten, but heating it will break down the fats and disperse the color. You leave the icing at room temp and do not put it back in the fridge after heating it (before beating it again), to keep the fats from solidifying before you beat it again. It is the same reason you typically use oil and not butter in a cake that has to be stored in the fridge (except for the icing) because the butter will solidify in the cake while in the fridge making the cake have a lot more dense texture. So when I worked at a bakery, we used oil in cakes that had to be refrigerated and butter for ones that sat at room temp (or a combination of oil and butter.) And we heated all or part of the icing (depending on the type) if we needed a saturated color like red that turns pink when mixed with white icing to keep from putting so much color in the icing it made the icing taste funky.

[@leynaguitar]

Girl.. thank you!!! You’re a life saver! I’m making a Pokémon cake for my son’s birthday and was I ever struggling to get the red needed for the pokeball… watched this and I have the perfect red now!!! THANK YOU!!!! ♥️

[@ravengreen6423]

I just tried this! Doing a late night bake session for 4th of July weekend and I was really bummed that my red food dye was a pink tint. So glad I found this! I also used this trick for the blue to deepen that as well! Thank you!!

[@janellecaballero8009]

@raven did you microwave the whole batch of frosting?

[@charmainlerma1258]

Did it work for u

[@youaremyclarity3093]

If you want save yourself 9 minutes…microwave the dull red icing for 5-10 seconds, remix by hand and let cool to room temp, then rebeat with mixer. That’s it..that’s the whole video.

[@evettefernandez2749]

For buttercream, I add gel color when I mix butter. Then when I incorporate the sugar, it comes out with the bright or dark colors perfectly.

[@ediezwahlen8618]

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

[@evettefernandez2749]

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

[@evettefernandez2749]

@@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...🤞

[@ashleighpayne7423]

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

[@markanderson8416]

This is incredible. You have saved my attempt at a Spider-Man cake which was about to be a pink.

[@Pakistanimomvlogshk]

😂😂Sameee heree

[@Neilabakin]

Same

[@genessejones7524]

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.

[@genessejones7524]

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

[@komalmubin4029]

Oh man this same happened to men also.😣

[@chiamakannadika9874]

Absolutely crazy. I found your tutorial after I have added a ton of red gel to my butter cream. Thank you so much.

[@envision6556]

NO WAY !!, just was making a Xmas cake and saw this video, thank you also prior to the microwave hack, I put a teaspoon of water to the buttercream and saw it go darker, it could be part of the liquifying process that it gets darker

[@faithmoody7212]

Finally!!!! After years and years and years all the rest of the help videos and posts did NOT work. Thank you I'm a happy camper 😁

[@rosenyagathiri3462]

Tried this microwave hack and it works for both red and black.

[@MrSasyB]

I'm surprised it works!

[@jiyaskitchen3498]

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[@helenmaldonado4891]

Really wow thanks

[@clraffell]

Is it for fondant or also for royal icing?

[@MrSasyB]

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

[@autumnthomas28]

I just tried this. It came out bright red. Love this hack. Will definitely save me money on this expensive food coloring I normally purchase

[@DayumScarlet]

Omg! You saved my pizza cake. I needed red for the sauce. I so appreciated this video. ❤️🍕

[@myrademarchena758]

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.

[@carlaterpstra291]

This is amazing and totally works! You saved my batch of frosting. I did have to microwave it longer though, prob about 30 sec total! Thank you for posting!

[@mecheleclasson]

If you have ever smoothed your red icing with a hot palette knife you will immediately notice the red color change to a deeper red

[@Anitamichichi]

I literally just started making a red frosting 2 days ahead of time Only because the last time I had to make a red frosting (which was several weeks ago) I saw a Wilton post and it advised to make the frosting a couple days ahead of time for the color to set in. I just did earlier today a navy buttercream that I know I added way too much coloring too b it thankfully still tastes good. You saved my red buttercream.

[@larakendall7625]

I just tried this and yes, it did get darker, but it became very hard, added more water and re-whipped. Had a bunch of hard little lumps I had to try to smooth out too. Luckily I just did a test batch

[@amandag4617]

Water? Yikes!

[@larrymiller9873]

@@amandag4617 that's my same reaction

[@conniebueche3989]

I saw this on TikTok, I’m so glad it really works and wasn’t just one of those joke videos on there!!!

[@Courtney983]

My trick to the spread the icing out in a large bowl, cover with Saran Wrap and put it under a fluorescent light. (I worked in a bakery and the lights were all like this) Stir every hour, for about 5 hours and the icing will become significantly darker. 👍👍👍👍

[@begrateful9836]

Really? Why does it work

[@Courtney983]

The light darkens it, not sure why.

[@atme365]

@@Courtney983 it probably heats it up too!

[@laurasalas1940]

This works well with black also, but I melt a small portion of it and add it to my bigger batch and it has to do with the molecules

[@claudiawesterlund2983]

Have you tried it with royal icing?

[@laurasalas1940]

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

[@faaizahally1295]

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

[@prachikotalwar4388]

How much time we have to put it in microwave?

[@rajithaharish3988]

@@prachikotalwar4388 she says 5-10 seconds

[@thecatfan101]

Omg!! It really does work! Thank you for sharing this. Just did burgundy roses instead of the usual dull red/pink. Awesome!!

[@cynthiagoodard4023]

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

[@thecatfan101]

@@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 😊

[@chemmicabroussard294]

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

[@velmsj261]

Works great with Swiss meringue buttercream

[@wendyayala4454]

This is a gd idea for a small batch of frosting....idk about a big one.....but if you let your buttercream sit for at least a day, it will darken in color...as with fondant

[@kamilagrieve6555]

Can’t take my eyes off your tshirt 🤩 love it

[@batoolhayat3393]

Who skipped the all video to just watch how she does those flowers

[@juliebanania6913]

My eyes were hooked on the two stand mixer 😍 wishing to have one 😍😍😍

[@liveandletlive7152]

Same! I like the tiffany blue one

[@LaiapdianghunLTron]

Same here😄😅

[@YK__BAKERY]

Me too

[@sharipailagan1426]

same here😍😍😍😍

[@virginiakieti]

Lol me too

[@carolgfelixful]

I struggled with the same problem while using the Americolor brand of gel color. Someone in a KZbin video said they never had that problem and didn’t understand why everyone else does. The reason she didn’t have this issue was because she used the Chefmaster brand of gel color. Try it... it really works!

[@juliedickson8925]

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

[@SalmaEh-j9g]

What if I don't have it

[@august.d6041]

The actual video starts at... 2026

[@karanfield4229]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣i skip ahead. Verbal diarrhea

[@bcakez]

LOLLLLLLLLLLLL

[@rd5077]

😂😂😂😂

[@tbakes1371]

😂🤣😂

[@bedhead1903]

Ty

[@ayandatambo4395]

I wish I had seen this before I just frosted an entire cake with red frosting!

[@meredithszymanski4720]

I just did red and white stripes 😭

[@manamenomoon6199]

+1

[@lrose1076]

Red gets more red as it sits.

[@iamsnehanavghare]

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

[@betheander9598]

Yes thank you! I really needed this today and only found your video 😂 I just tried it and I'm shook lol

[@juliedickson8925]

Can you do this to Royal icing??

[@kavitaagarwal2581]

Super idea..!! Loved it but you talk a lot..🙈

[@JomaryReloj]

Never heard about it wow thats amazing I myself have had a hard time making my red icing darker. Thanks for your video.

[@genhardy3953]

This is amazing! I just tried it and it works 😁😁😁

[@fierylatina1]

MEE TOOO

[@nandibaloyi6741]

You're a life saver 😭 thank you I just tried it now and it worked. Thank you

[@melaniehughes142]

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?

[@nandibaloyi6741]

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

[@melissarico7154]

Does this work with other frostings as well? Like whipped cream and cream cheese frosting?

[@FrenchiesBakery]

Yes I just whipped the other week 😁

[@melissarico7154]

@@FrenchiesBakery did you have to chill it again or whip it again? ❤️

[@Aflores2305]

How about with Italian mirengue buttercream???

[@maggiemakgill]

I have to do get a bright toronto maple leaf blue in cream cheese buttercream this week. will give it a shot.

[@HollyOak]

In art, if you want to lighten a colour you add white. If you want to darken a colour you add black (black and white are called tones, not colours). A smidge of black, not even a full drop will darken the red.

[@Freeyourself206]

Adding white is making a tint, adding black is a shade, and adding gray or black and white is a tone.

[@quinnsgiftedhandsbakerycat8793]

Omg!! Yes sister this works!! Thank you so much! Well I kept playing with it afterwards and used it for cake drip!! I wish I could post the picture on here!!!

[@YYfengshui]

Incredible... does it work on other color too?

[@jacobs.9797]

That's quite a crazy difference from just microwaving it. I don't know much about baking but it seems like this would be common knowledge among the community. How come it's so hard to find?

[@itsjustme5594]

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

[@NarcoNook]

😮 will this work on whipped cream frosting?

[@helenandatoolewe1360]

OMG!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU. Works like magic. Highly appreciated 😍

[@delnairani5607]

I will definitely try this ! Thank you ! Although I was wondering what would happen if you microwave the gel food colour rather than the butter cream🤪may sound weird sorry

[@sergecrevier4196]

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.

[@edmaramthembu8930]

Did you try your method and did it work?

[@rachelboothe5075]

That is AWESOME!! How would you get a whole recipe of icing for an entire cake that red? Would you microwave it a little at the time?

[@myerslauri]

Exactly! How about a large batch?

[@melfree2545]

There’s no reason you couldn’t microwave a big batch all at once. I assume it would do the exact same thing

[@rachelboothe5075]

@@melfree2545 Thanks.

[@michelletoropoi4169]

Are you able to repeat similar method for other colors as well

[@belib5911]

You don't microwave the entire batch. You only microwave a portion of the buttercream, and add that back into larger batch.

[@melaniem4365]

So glad I went to the comments. I’m about to make an Elmo and Cookie Monster cake and was wondering how a whole batch would hold up to microwaving and cooling.

[@IreneMPhotography]

do you wait for it to cool down before adding it back?

[@blinkachuu4683]

Thanks for the tip! I don’t have a microwave though, can I use double boiler instead?

[@alljinny5187]

How do you do this with a full batch buttercream?

[@taibashaikh4187]

Can't we add colour first only in melted butter..then refrigerate and blend ??

[@spicedjasminebakery1577]

Does this work for Swiss meringue buttercream or American buttercream?

[@msylviatigedi9471]

Same question

[@jonaveldotimas2565]

Yes,

[@lisaanderson135]

I agree with people not wanting to give good advice or help. I have watched and asked so many tutorials and questions! Basically I took all knowledge and tested it myself. I am so happy I stumbled on your channel! I subscribed and liked 😊 I was thinking of doing something similar, but giving people the nitty gritty of everything from taking the temp of my butter and/ or the watts on the microwave I have and so on

[@FrenchiesBakery]

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

[@MillionDollaSumthin]

Hi! Can you share the cake groups you joined?

[@maechristinegodornes5977]

Wow! Saves a lot of time, effort and coloring!! Thanks!

[@dorothymaessweetshoppe5149]

Wow, I have never heard this either. Thanks for sharing.

[@ankitayadav9095]

Hey that was crazy.. I was just waiting for such kind of video... I am from India, and the cake I am going to make tomorrow needs this kind of dark red frosting.. can you please tell me if this strategy works with whipped cream ?

[@neelofarsiddiqui1334]

Ankita Yadav did you tried with whipped cream

[@ankitayadav9095]

@@neelofarsiddiqui1334 yeah I tried.. it didn't work

[@neelofarsiddiqui1334]

Ankita Yadav Thanks

[@msylviatigedi9471]

Is it buttercream or royal icing?

[@TheRedVelvetHouse]

What are the best nozzles for Roses...?

[@cielantoinette9669]

Hi I was in tears trying to get my perfect red and I saw this video and I tried it .....Red is no longer my enemy it REALLYYY works thank you... would it work with black????

[@chienuma658]

To get black, you add cocoa first or brown color first then add black later on.

[@FrenchiesBakery]

Yes I have done it with black! I’m so happy I could help ☺️

[@kassiehenson7556]

Is this for any buttercream icing? Like a typical homemade with butter and or crisco?

[@dawndelisle11]

OMG!!!😮 Does this work on batter before I bake it’s red afterwards it’s pink. How would I do that since it getting hot already in microwave.

[@sowndaryasakala7317]

Hi good tip ...qhat we should do if we dnt have microwave and we have otg can we do in dat ...r how can we use dis technique in gas top

[@fatemameghani6967]

Does this work with WHIPPING CREAM?

[@sussicole2458]

Nooo pls dont try

[@snehalgharat1192]

Can I use this trick on whipped cream?

[@ichbins9997]

Why don't you just try it out and let us know?

[@sushmitasingh6369]

putting whipped cream in microwave 😅😅 ,dont try it with whipped cream.

[@fluffyyyfuzzz]

My melted whipped cream is in the fridge right now. The colour has definitely changed but idk if it will stiffen up again after re whipping. Hope it works :')

[@snehalgharat1192]

@@fluffyyyfuzzz pls share experience

[@bellaswan465]

It does darken after microwaving but when you whip it again, it goes back to the same colour

[@littleowl22778]

Well I'll have to try it out for myself.

[@TaiDye21]

Yep, this happened to me. I wonder what i did wrong?

[@fannieallen6005]

That was so smart . Wish I had known this last week!

[@lynnback2194]

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

[@geet548]

Hey ,you use non dairy cream , right ? Can I do it with dairy cream? Thanks in advance 🙂

[@theamitisbydina3672]

So i tried this with Swiss meringue and it completely ruined my batch of buttercream 🥺 Apparently I was supposed to only use a small portion and then add it to the bigger batch.

[@thaslimabanu3200]

Is this suitable for white ganache?

[@gaillockey2260]

Hi there you don’t say how long you zapped it for in the microwave?? Please could you tell me as I’d like to try this 😀

[@Libra_Butterfly]

Can I use this method with a big batch of buttercream?

[@jinkalshah6897]

Can i follow same procedures with whip cream

[@barbaraburrows2679]

Do you know if this works with royal icing? Thanks

[@darshnasathyapal9008]

Does it work on chocolate drips ( white chocolate+ red gel color) ?

[@rahinetukasimu3164]

What if I don't have a micro wave,can I just hear it and still get this color

[@DeenaRayman]

What type of buttercream did you use, or does it matter?

[@madelinerobles7096]

Thank you that's so amazing now I could do that to decorate my cupcakes and my cake with those red beautiful flowers❤🌹

[@katelynthompson896]

Does this trick work for Swiss meringue buttercream too?

[@louiselemon9717]

Awesome! It’s so funny because I clicked your channel to see if you did yours differently. I’m glad you are a sharer! I love when we all can help each other!!! I first found this tip on “Cakes by MK” Bright Buttercream Hack. I look forward to seeing more😊

[@anielawilliams2544]

Thank you for this, I really appreciate you sharing. I have to do a cake in royal blue and I’m going to try this 🙌🏽

[@Disgruntled_Canadian]

Would this work with whip cream? Or fondant?

[@sweetdreamcakeshop1749]

For some reason when ever i warm the buttercream in the microwave the color gets brighter and very liquidy but i can never get my consistency back i have tried leaving in room temperature for hours and i have re whipped it but I cannot get the same consistency I cannot make any flowers or anything

[@zoyaqureshi9526]

I tried and unfortunately this trick did not work for me :(

[@CookingwithCj319]

Leave it in the microwave longer than 30 seconds. It didn't work for me at first until I left it in longer.

[@tejaswiniramireddi9194]

For whipped cream frosting it's not possible ryt 😐

[@MJValdez]

How about if we don't have a microwave? What can we use as alternative? Badly need red and green frosting today. Please notice me.. Thank you.

[@itswhat3v3r]

Leave it out in the sun. as long as it melts

[@c.landry9227]

It didn't work for me. Dont know if I had too much frosting in my bowl or not enough of red gel food coloring. Does the type of frosting make a difference?

[@tamalikaroy2646]

Will it work for whip cream or royal icing? If I don't use buttercream

[@wealthdna-code]

This is incredible.

[@cheysserknatt8417]

What icing you used? Does it worked with whipcream?

[@sheerglassofclassladyg8997]

I will try and see if it works with whipped frosting!

[@drjhanvipatel357]

Did it work with the whipping cream?

[@fluffyyyfuzzz]

Did it work??

[@apache9729]

Hi, hopefully you can see this comment, but is it possible it could work for marshmallows. I was making spiderman Rice Krispie treats for my son's birthday and I added in so much food coloring that it was just a dark pink.

[@afakisailo]

What if instead of putting the whole cream in microwave,if we warm the color before dropping into the cream ,will it work???

[@reddykanta7337]

No it won’t work, the answer is melting the buttercream so that the food colour blends more easily into it instead of fading away into the solid buttercream. The mass of buttercream is more compared to the 3 drops of colouring you putting in it so you need to heat the buttercream instead of the colour.

[@artsybitsy2242]

Thats what i do! But not intentionally for darker coloring. I melt my buttercream to make drip and yes it goes dark🤦🏻‍♀️

[@elsavalenia434]

What if you no microwave oven

[@MeghanAbbott-q6v]

This did not work for me 😭😭 idk what I did wrong. Did you use gel or regular food coloring? I used regular. Does that matter?

[@anikatabassum2760]

Hello dear I'm from Bangladesh...can I do this procedure in electric oven? What should be the temperature? Love from Bangladesh ❤️

[@dargonliu]

How do i get whipping cream that red?

[@neetipriyarai2534]

U melt the cream after putting red colour??am I right or not???

[@deenahjoseph9730]

Wooooow that amazing .... Thank you for sharing it dear

[@jae9her]

Where did you get your mini spatula? Sooo cute!

[@hocklineandsinker]

I have the same ones, small and larger. You can get them on Amazon. 😊

[@jae9her]

@@hocklineandsinker oh great! Thanks :)

[@jenniferwong4530]

Wow! Does this tip work for royal icing too?

[@kimrobinson3957]

That's what I was wondering

[@jeckflores8896]

Is this applicable for buttercream only?

[@skylermay2855]

Do you add the small amount to the rest of the white frosting or do you have to do this to the whole batch?

[@aliyaiqbal6258]

Can we do it with liquid color?..... And can we do it with all the colors or only red and black?