is it even possible? how do i make black fondant? do i just add the black gel color? because i know making black buttercream is soooo hard. or atleast it is for me!

any tips? or should i just buy it?

sara

I gave up on black fondant a long time ago. I just buy it now and it is sooo much easier and cleaner!

I agree with PPs. The short answer is: BUY IT!! Save yourself the time and trouble.

As long as a chocolate flavor would be all right, you can make chocolate fondant and then it only takes a little bit of black color. If you can't use chocolate, then get Americolor's super black color because it doesn't take as much. If you're making a whole batch black, add the color when you add the liquid in the recipe, and it will be less likely to end up dry and crumbly. If you only need a little bit, then just knead it in, and if it gets dry, add a couple drops of water and knead until it feels right again.

Also, it will darken a shade overnight, so you can make dark gray, wrap it up and let it sit overnight and when you get up, it will be dark enough.

I substitute some of the powder sugar with cocoa, and then add the black(tbs) and it will get dark in the next day or two. hth

There is a recipe in the recipe section for "True Black MMF". I tried it this weekend and got pretty darn close to black. I should have added a bit more color. It's a bag of mini marshmallows, 6 oz of chocolate chips and a 1lb of 10x sugar. The chocolate chips make it dark brown, then you just have to get it to black with 1-2tsp of black coloring. It was my first attempt at making my own fondant and it was easier than I thought. Good luck!!

I make black fondant all the time. I make MFF and add quite a bit of americolor superblack when I add the other liquid ingredients to the sugar, though I have made sure and used less glycerine in the recipe, or add tylose which seems to help it not get too soft. I just can't afford to buy black fondant - or any fondant- it's so expensive! I can make a 4.5-5 pound batch for less than 8 bucks, depending on fluctuating prices of my ingredients. So if you can afford to buy it, that's fine, it's a lot less work - lol! But if you need to keep your costs down then making it is the way to go - it is possible and really not that difficult.

Funny this subject came up because i had the same problem last night but
i found on a web site that told you to mix all left over color you have laying around,add royal blue and then black. It worked darn good. I was working with gum paste though but im sure it would be the same with fondant.
here is the web site i got it from. They tell you how to make other colors as well... Plus they have tons of tutorials. http://sugarteachers.blogspot.com/

Yes... start with chocolate fondant/buttercream if you can, and when you do, use Hershey's special dark cocoa powder... it results in a much darker color than regular cocoa powder.

A friend of mine who is a cake decorator gave me this idea. Here's some examples of her "black":

http://cakeideas.blogspot.com/2010/01/dark-chocolate-buttercream-on-whipped.html

http://cakeideas.blogspot.com/2008/10/its-fall-and-halloween-time.html

- Leisel

I also make it from leftover fondant and it works great.