How do I make black frosting for a cake?

Answer 1

Get black coloring. It's not the kind that you get at the grocery store in the bottles - it's a paste that professional candy makers and bakers use. I know you can get it at Michaels and Hobby Lobby - any place that sells cake decorating supplies.

Answer 2

You will want to start with chocolate frosting, that way it already has a darker tint and it will be easier to turn black. Then use a black cake food coloring and just keep mixing it in until it is the black you want it. It does take a lot of food coloring to get a deep black. A lot of food coloring will not hurt the frosting, just make sure you only use POWDERED food coloring.

Answer 3

You have to buy edible black dye from a cake decorating store. The craft store Michaels sells Wilton tints in a pot, but I prefer the squeezable type from a pro store because it is easier to use. It will take A LOT of the dye and will still look dark grey. Once the frosting sets (I usually do cakes the day before), it will darken.

Answer 4

Yep, you can try black food coloring or you can also use dark chocolate ganache as frosting, it's lighter than butter cream, you'll most likely get a better looking cake, but you just won't be able to shape it around if you want to do that.

Answer 5

Most cake decorating places sell the paste, it is a thicker pigment than the drops, you need it for black, it takes time, don't get the dye on your fingers, it stains
if you only need a little bit (ie for writing a name etc) you can buy tubes of precoloured gels in the same dept.

Answer 6

make the frosting white or the packaged white and use black food coloring.

Answer 7

Add Black dye to white frosting and mix it together for fifteen minutes or you can blend it- not a good idea but you can try!