What Is The Best Way To Make Black Icing?

Decorating By janicecold Updated 29 May 2007 , 1:48pm by apclassicwed

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janicecold Posted 29 May 2007 , 1:31am
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I have to make a race car cake for a friends son on Wednesday and I am going to need to make black for the track. What is the best way to make black to not look like grey? Thanks!

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1234me Posted 29 May 2007 , 1:43am
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I add Super Black by Americolor to chocolate. It looks gray for a little bit but the longer you let it set, the darker it gets!

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Sandra80 Posted 29 May 2007 , 1:46am
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ditto to ^

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janicecold Posted 29 May 2007 , 1:49am
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I don't have Americolor out here. Should I still use chocolate icing and then add black color to it?

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inspireddecorator Posted 29 May 2007 , 1:53am
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For both fondant and icing, I tint using purple. I make it fairly dark and then I add black. I found that if I tint it first, it is easier to get the true black color. This is what I do anyway. We don't have Americolor in Canada that I know of. I was just excited to see a product like luster dust in Micheals. Can't wait to use it.

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smbegg Posted 29 May 2007 , 1:53am
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That's what I would do. It shouldn't matter if it is Americolor or not, I just use Americolor because I like the packaging alot more.


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heavenscent Posted 29 May 2007 , 1:54am
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chocolate is the best way to start then add black good luck

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rcs Posted 29 May 2007 , 1:54am
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I added Wiltons black food coloring to chocolate fondant this weekend and let it set for awhile and I now have black fondant! You should be able to use another brand of food color other than Americolor, but I would still use chocolate icing.

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msladybug Posted 29 May 2007 , 2:10am
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I use chocolate and then add balck color to it. Let it sit overnight and you will have black.

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janicecold Posted 29 May 2007 , 2:54am
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I will try the ideas and see what happens. Thanks for the help and any other ideas welcome!

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Wendoger Posted 29 May 2007 , 4:21am
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Starting out with any dark color then adding black has worked for me....I've done it with a dark green, brown, maroon and dark purple.
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apclassicwed Posted 29 May 2007 , 1:48pm
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I just made black BC frosting this weekend using chocolate frosting with black Wilton color--it started out a dark grey but as it sat it became a truer black and the chocolate makes it taste better. Those dark colors --black, red, purple,navy blue,etc. can taste yucchy in plain BC

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