Black Fondant?

Decorating By SweetTcakes Updated 20 Dec 2006 , 2:09am by CindyW

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SweetTcakes Posted 18 Dec 2006 , 12:54am
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Can anyone direct me to an article on how to make fondant black? I know I've seen stuff in the forums before but I am having trouble finding it. Or if someone wants to just tell me how to do it that would be great too. Thanks

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katharry Posted 18 Dec 2006 , 1:41am
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Hi there,

I make black fondant by adding Americolor super black to regular fondant. It will become quite sticky as you have to use quite a bit, so I add a little more icing sugar.

I tried with Wilton black and it just went grey.

HTH

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emmiepeterson Posted 18 Dec 2006 , 2:15am
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and I didn't have any Americolor.I had some left over Wilton gel.It worked fine.It did take alot,but it worked.
Emily

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mommabear Posted 18 Dec 2006 , 2:19am
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I had to use nearly the whole bottle of wilton black and you have to give it a little time for the color to set up.

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Rachel8648 Posted 18 Dec 2006 , 4:00am
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Whatever you do, make sure you wear gloves! I learned the hard way from making red fondant, I had pink hands for almost 2 days!!!

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DianeLM Posted 18 Dec 2006 , 4:16am
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Buy it! Satin Ice makes pre-colored black fondant. It's a bit stickier than white - probably because of all the coloring they had to add - but if you keep a powdered sugar puff handy, it's a heck of a lot easier than making your own!

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lindav76 Posted 18 Dec 2006 , 10:31pm
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i have a cake in my favorites and its red and black very black .and in the comments someone asks how they got the color so black ?
equal amounts of red and green

http://cakecentral.com/cake-photo-48354.html

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navywifetrat Posted 19 Dec 2006 , 9:53pm
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Did it take a lot of the green and red?

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sweet_as_tisse Posted 19 Dec 2006 , 10:07pm
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Depending on what you want the fondant for, either to cover a cake or just for decorations, if you make the mmf just tint you marshmellows black after melting them then use chocolate confectioners sugar, or if this is not available to you, use the normal confec sugar but add some cocoa powder...

i can buy chocolate icing sugar (confectioners) here in australia and i use this and get a good black mmf...

or start with chocolate ready made fondant and knead your black into that.....

kylie

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lindav76 Posted 20 Dec 2006 , 1:47am
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i personally havent tried it but try pm ing boonenati

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Sugar_Plum_Fairy Posted 20 Dec 2006 , 1:52am
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I believe in the other posts people had suggested either using cocoa powder instead of all the extra confect. sugar and then a little of the Americolor Black. Also, I haven't tried this, but think it would work, make chocolate MMF and then add the black coloring.

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CindyW Posted 20 Dec 2006 , 2:06am
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I made both red and black last night. I just colored with the Wilton Fondant, it was sticky and messy but it worked fine. The black came off my hands more easily than the red.

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CindyW Posted 20 Dec 2006 , 2:09am
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Sorry, I meant to say I used Wilton coloring, I made the mmf fondant on this site, the colors came out fine.

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