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I have to make Black Icing for class Saturday, I keep trying and all i get is GRAY Or Dark charcoal Gray ...Please help I have been using the Wilton Black in the Gel
Start by using chocolate icing, I just add cocoa powder until I get a dark brown, add your paste a little water if necessary let is sit a few minutes. Sometimes I will buy the canned dark chocolate frosting if I am going to just outline or write on the cake.
Dutch process cocoa will give you a dark dark brown, almost black, with the regular Wilton class BC recipe (3/4 c cocoa per 3 c batch) and it tastes kind of like brownie batter.
If I only need a little black, I'll mix a very small batch. Otherwise, I'm a big fan of the Wilton pre-mixed black icing.
For Black, I always use Betty Crocker's Dark Chocolate Fudge frosting. It's very close to black. I pipe outlines with it ALL THE TIME. The only thing is that it's not stiff enough to use the star fill in method. But if you want to spread it smooth, it works great. I have added confectioners sugar to it to make it stiffer and it doesn't change the color; but I ususally pipe it on with a tip 4 or larger (plain circle) then I smooth it with a small smoth tool.
Here is an example of a cake I have done with a lot of black in it (using the dark chocolate fudge frosting).
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For black what I do is save all the little bits of leftover colored icing in one bowl. When I need black, I use that - mix it altogether and then add the black coloring to it. I use the crisco only recipe and keep this in the frig/freezer - lasts a very long time. When I have the black mixed up, I still can add the different colors, I just kind of keep the newer colors on one side of the bowl and the already colored black on the other side. Doing this, I always have black for whenever it is needed.....and it is not chocolate flavored.
Sandy, thank you. You were looking at my karate and Martial arts cake album.
Also, I just looked in my cabinet and found that I use Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge, not Betty Crocker. I also like the idea of mixing several leftover colors together then adding black. Good idea!
I tried adding the cocoa icing and it turned out great...Thank you guys soooo much!!! 
And it tasted good 
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