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Black Icing Help!!

Decorating By fumanfyter Updated 7 Oct 2006 , 11:12am by Vanaya

fumanfyter Posted 7 Oct 2006 , 1:48am

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i had to start with white icing, and as much black as i add it still looks purple!!! what can i do?!?!?!

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vww104 Posted 7 Oct 2006 , 1:50am

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Unfortunately you've already started, but next time try starting with chocolate and adding Americolor black, you will get a nice deep color.

kuki Posted 7 Oct 2006 , 1:52am

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You can use some of chocolate icing because is already dark it will help for the taste and color to make it better and darker, just put the black color .

Landa Posted 7 Oct 2006 , 1:52am

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You cant ever go wrong with Americolor Super Black

fumanfyter Posted 7 Oct 2006 , 1:52am

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that'll help next time. for now could i just add some melted chocolate??? i just have to do a little border, not a lot of stuff.

vww104 Posted 7 Oct 2006 , 1:53am

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sure, give it a try...

kerririchards Posted 7 Oct 2006 , 1:54am

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I would try the melted chocolate - if nothing else, it will help with the taste, and should help with color, too.

fumanfyter Posted 7 Oct 2006 , 1:55am

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melting chocolate!

clsilvus Posted 7 Oct 2006 , 1:58am

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I had this same issue yesterday. After looking on this site for advice I went and got some Americolor. That stuff rocks. Even though I'd already started with Wilton colouring I used the super red on my dark pink ( that took a whole bottle of no taste red ) and super black on my dark grey and ended up with some really nice colours. I will NEVER use wilton again!
Thanks CC....I thought I was going to go crazy

fumanfyter Posted 7 Oct 2006 , 2:51am

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ok so im DONE!!! and omg it is so AWESOME if i do say so myself this wasnt THAT hard to do, except get that black color which i did thanks to my melted chocolate chips, and can i say YUM! i decided to do a border on my letters as well as the bottom of the cake since after the top border it looked a little stark. and theres a little smudge on the icing so im just gonna patch that b4 i go to bed