I am making an xbox cake for someone this weekend and I was wondering something---I've always heard to make black icing you start out with chocolate, right?? Then do you just add black to that?? Are the Wilton gels better or another brand?? I'm just nervous about this turning out since I have to make so much! Thanks!
My first black icing was awful. First off, I used expensive Dutch process cocoa so it was beautifully dark, but tasted like cheap chocolate. Then I used Wilton black to color it. No matter how much I added, it looked like mud, kind of brownish gray.
So I chucked it and started over. Used plain old cocoa, had much better flavor, and bought a bottle of AmeriColor super black. I prefer the AmeriColor because it got me the black icing I needed for the Power Rangers cake on my photos page, and because it's in a squeeze bottle, so you don't have to use a million toothpicks trying to get to the right color! I also use their super red, and even though it's not a no-taste red, it doesn't seem to take as much coloring to get to bright red, so it's not a problem anyway.
Ali
i just use reg wilton black sometimes from the tube or little jar. and its turned out fine and didnt taste bad..
but you can use chocolate and then add black to it and it should be ok. just taste it to make sure
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