This recipe for a deep, dark buttercream frosting is made with simple ingredients such as granulated sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, and water. To achieve the best black icing, it is important to use gel or powdered food coloring instead of liquid food coloring. The darkest black icing can be achieved by mixing 1-2 tablespoons of black cocoa powder with a few squirts of black gel food coloring.
To make the icing even darker and a true black, add a small amount of black food coloring to a spoon and add a drop of water to it. Watch as the base color appears. Scoop ¼ cup of finished buttercream into a microwavable bowl and add additional gel color, mixing until the frosting reaches the desired color.
Making black food coloring requires blue, green, and red food dyes. Buttercream icing and fondant are initially white, and using food coloring to change all colors can be done by mixing about 1 teaspoon of black gel color to one cup of icing. One combination includes equal parts of red, yellow, and blue, while another is by mixing blue and brown. If you run out of black food gel color, you can combine leftover icing.
In summary, making a deep black icing with simple ingredients is essential for creating a rich, creamy, and delicious frosting without causing bleed, taste, or dryness.
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I can’t wait to try these tips out! I always have a hard time getting black it always comes out grey. I absolutely love your websites and articles! Thank you for sharing your amazing talents and beautiful personality with the world! You’re truly a beautiful inspiration and I ALWAYS look forward to seeing each of your articles! I love that you make it possible for others to create amazing things!
OMG! This came 2 days too late =O I needed black and wondered why I could only get a dark grey!!!!! Oh well. I know now =D Thinking this would be the same idea with colouring fondant!!! I made a Stormtrooper helmet and had to use dark grey where it was meant to be black, but against the white, only I noticed because I knew it =D
Black cocoa powder or Ultra Dutch processed cocoa powder means you need very little gel colour. And as you said, let it rest and the colour continues to deepen. For dark colours, I make them the day before, pop them in the fridge overnight, bring them to room temperature the following day, whip it up again and voila, super dark icing.
“chocolate hater” Bhaaaaaahahahahaha!!!!! I’m sure I’m the only one that caught that. Lmbo!!! The fact you said it with a straight face made it ten times funnier. Lol. I really enjoyed your article in either case. My later father would have absolutely loved this because black was his favor color. If it was like a two toned with like a silver color, he would have loved it even more. Ooooou!!!! This may be really good for an Oreo icing or even a cookie ‘n cream ice cream cake. Uh oh; you’ve gotten me started now & I’m a major rookie but when I figure it out, it’s on! lol
I have a customer who wants black colored butter cream frosting without changing the taste, so I tried it your second way. my frosting didn’t get black at all, it just kept turning a deeper gray. not sure what I am doing wrong. I used the Americolor brown coloring and I used wilton black gel paste..can you help me figure something out?
This is the perfect article because there are some customers that don’t like chocolate frosting and I would have to put a heck of a lot of black food coloring just to get black black so thanks again I should have known to put Brown and then black LOL I can tell I’m going to love this website just as much as I love you other website! Thanks again Jen!
Congrats to gaining 2 million subscribers from your first website! Your dedication and passion for creating is serving you well as one of the most inspirational bakers on YouTube! I began following you via Instagram, and stumbled upon your YouTube website scrambling for buttercream recipes! I’m so confident in your website and wish you the best in this future endeavor to inspire more! As a home baker who has watched grandma work so beautifully in the kitchen, you have my love and support with the art you share as well! ❤ Thanks for this awesome giveaway opportunity, Jenn!
ahhhhh its so beautiful, black is the colour of my soul, its speaking to me!!! Every time I want to use black, my buttercream ends up too runny because I put to much black food colouring in there to get it black. Ill try gel paste instead, it looks like it would be SOOO much easier to work with! Thanks Jen! I really appreciate you taking the time to do these types of articles!
i tried to make a box cake taste like it came from the bakery once and well i did try the additions but my cake ended up flat and heavy i dont know where i went wrong i got the taste but i am not sure if it should have been so heavy could you do a article on that by any chance if you havent already. would appreciate it so much