Wiltons Black Icing

Decorating By jojo1 Updated 10 Jul 2006 , 5:10pm by mayra

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jojo1 Posted 10 Jul 2006 , 4:30pm
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When I mix the wiltons black gel with wiltons decorating icing the taste is horrible. what can i use to make the black taste more edible? Im going to be making the scooby doo cake - the one with the hamburger and I will need to use black for scoobys spots.

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Lisa Posted 10 Jul 2006 , 4:36pm
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Starting with chocolate helps mask the aftertaste. If it's a small amount of black, you could use the Wilton tubes of black frosting. They don't have any aftertaste. You also might try switching to Americolors especially for black and red...no aftertaste and you'll use less.

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nenufares Posted 10 Jul 2006 , 4:37pm
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Normally all black and red food colors taste bad.
I will recomend to start with chocolate buttercream, it will be easier to turn it black with less amount of food coloring.... thumbs_up.gif

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pancake Posted 10 Jul 2006 , 4:38pm
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I always add cocoa powder to my icing when I do black, ...it tastes better and it's a lot easier to get a nice black color. I don't know if I've ever been able to get black, using Wilton color, without starting from chocolate icing!!

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THESUGARCOW Posted 10 Jul 2006 , 5:02pm
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uhmmmm nice to know this thanks,but how do you do with fondant? I spend a lot of time trying to get red ,blue and black the other day... icon_cry.gif and nothing so I left it like that....thanks god it was a cake for friends... icon_confused.gif

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mayra Posted 10 Jul 2006 , 5:10pm
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When I have to use black, I just buy the already made black icing from the local grocery store or walmart. It comes in a medium size tube and it taste great!

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