Coloring
Black Icing
Here is some good advice when working with black icing colors.
I always add Hersey's Cocoa powder to any icing before
going black. You can not get a ture shade of black from
a white icing. This may answer that question of black
icing colors being ashy or charcoal.
Try working with paste color. Example, Wilton and CK
(Country Kitchen) are two companies that make excellent
products for coloring icing.
Click Here for the Wilton Icing Colors
These colors will not change the consistence of your
icing. They are also designed to be more concentrated.
When working with rolled fondant, liquid food color will
make the fondant very sticky and hard to work with. When
working with royal icing liquid food color will thin
the icing and your designs will not keep their shape.
I have found working with intense buttercream icing
colors like black or vibrant colors like reds, blues,
greens, etc. they do stain people's mouths. Rolled fondant
tends to not stain when they eat it. This may be for
two reasons. First, most people don't eat rolled fondant.
They simply peel it off and there is white buttercream
under the fondant. The second reason is fondant holds
the color in the icing. It may be the gelatin in the
fondant that causes this. You can eat a slice or two
of cake covered in the black fondant and not end up with
a colored mouth.
Hope these tips will help when it comes time to color
your icing black.
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is a sugar art lover currently living in Jacksonville,
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