Help!! Black Royal Icing Taste Horriable. How To Fix??

Baking By Lovelyladylibra Updated 29 Aug 2011 , 10:27pm by gingerbreadtogo

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Lovelyladylibra Posted 22 Aug 2011 , 9:51pm
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my black royal icing for cookies taste like black licorice and leaves a horrid taste in your mouth. how do i get it to taste icing and not have the food coloring taste. All i have for right now is Wilton black.once im out i will be changing to americolor.

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gingerbreadtogo Posted 24 Aug 2011 , 4:43pm
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I add coco powder to get brown, then I add a little americolor black. So it ends up tasting like chocolate and you don't need too much black coloring.

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breyes Posted 29 Aug 2011 , 6:02pm
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Originally Posted by gingerbreadtogo

I add coco powder to get brown, then I add a little americolor black. So it ends up tasting like chocolate and you don't need too much black coloring.




Hmmm, I will have to try that. Do you only do that when you are covering a large area with the black RI, or do you use it for bordering and outlining in black also? Would the chocolate flavor interfere with the flavor you make your RI if you are only using the black to outline?

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gingerbreadtogo Posted 29 Aug 2011 , 10:27pm
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I only use chocolate when filling large space. For outlining and borders I just use black americolor gel..It really doesn't take too much and I don't think it has a bad taste.

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