Deep Dark Brown Icing

Decorating By CAKES8832 Updated 29 Aug 2006 , 12:27am by bransmom

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CAKES8832 Posted 28 Aug 2006 , 9:23pm
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If I already have a pre-made chocolate buttercream icing, do I just add more cocoa and water to make it a deeper brown colour?
Can't imagine trying to use that much brown colouring to darken it up.
Please steer me in the right direction.

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reenie Posted 28 Aug 2006 , 9:25pm
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I would imagin. Toba Garret uses 1 cup of cocoa powder for her chololate buttercream... did you use that much? If so then I would go ahead with the coloring.

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vande3boys Posted 28 Aug 2006 , 10:18pm
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If my frostings are not dark enough I add a little black coloring, but I do it a little at a time so that I don't go too dark. Hope this helps. Good Luck!

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Tiffysma Posted 28 Aug 2006 , 10:37pm
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The Americolor browns are really good. Check out the stump cake in my photos. The groom didn't like chocolate, so I had to use vanilla buttercream and color it brown. I did use a bit of black too to get the "stump effect"

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bransmom Posted 29 Aug 2006 , 12:27am
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On a cake that I done Friday, I really cheated. I needed dark brown and added some store bought milk chocolate frosting to mine and got the color I needed and it tasted good.

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