Artisits?? How to make black?
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Topic: Artisits?? How to make black?
Posted By: lovingmummyhood
Subject: Artisits?? How to make black?
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 9:49pm
So this is actually a food question, but I figure food colouring/paint - works kind of the same 
I want to make black sugar (for a road). I feel like I should know the answer to this... I have a packet of little liquid food colouring I used when I made finger paint (red, green. yellow, blue). So how do I make black? Or is there a such thing as black food colouring?? TIA ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BeLoved
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 9:57pm
| I have never been able to make black only dark brown. I am sure you can get black food colouring as I have seen lots of ladybug cakes with black icing spots. |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 10:09pm
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You can get black food colouring. It is best to use the gel colours though, rather than the liquid colouring as you'll get a better black from them.
GL! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 10:10pm
Haha, I sound like an expert but I'm so not. Have been doing a lot of googling lately for DD's birthday cake  ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and:
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Posted By: Emmi_
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 10:15pm
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i have seen (liquid) black food colouring in Woolworths and in Pak n Sav in Welly, so I would think there would be some in Auck? No idea about the gel food colouring though... ------------- 
+1 May 09 Angel 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 10:18pm
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We used to have black powder you add to the icing suagr etc, messy stuff but good stuff!! Just from the supermarket I think :) ------------- |
Posted By: lovingmummyhood
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 10:19pm
Hmmm thanks guys 
CaraMel - do you know where I can find gel food colouring by any chance?? I can't recall seeing that at the supermarket, but good to know I can get black ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 10:19pm
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I used the liquid food colouring and got a very dark grey, I'll see if I can find the pic of his cake that i used it on...
Not a close-up, but you get the idea 
ETA - I just bought mine from the supermarket, foodtown should have them (or woolowrths/countdown since they have the same stuff/sales) ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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Posted By: MyLilSquishy
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 10:20pm
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soak black jelly beans in hot water until all the colour comes away... then remove the (now clear) jelly beans then add your icing sugar as normal. you can get black food colouring from the fresh choice/countdown/woolies chains if you want that instead
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Posted By: lovingmummyhood
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 10:29pm
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Oooooh lots of good ideas here! Thank you
I  black jelly beans!------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kiwi2
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 10:38pm
| Use chocolate icing to start with then add the black. You get a better black that way. Also hunt out the paste colouring. You may need to go to a cake store or specialty cooking store to find the little pottles of colour but they are great. I think they are wilton brand. Or you could try grating licorice to get the road effect. Never tried it just had an idea. Betty crocker do toothpaste sized tubes of black but not sure if you can get them here. Good luck. |
Posted By: lovingmummyhood
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 10:57pm
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Yum!! Grated liquorice (sp?)!! Thanks for all these ideas!
Originally I googled, and it looked like a good idea to have black sugar sprinkles on butter icing to get the road effect, instead of black icing. So I was going to colour sugar, but now I've got lots of things to try. Yay Thank you so much ladies  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 10:02am
Thats what we did one year but you need heaps to get good colour ours ended up a dark forest green lol  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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MyLilSquishy wrote:Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 10:47am
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Where in Auckland are you?
You can get gel food colouring from the Homestores I think. There's one in Milford and I think one in the Rialto complex in Newmarket and one in Sylvia Park. Also there's Millies in Parnell and Ponsonby. -------------  
 
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 11:07am
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Millies is a two minute walk from me if you want me to call in and get some black. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: 3xMummy
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 11:25am
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Trade Me have good gel food colouring http://www.trademe.co.nz/Crafts/Cake-design/Icing-edible-decorations/auction-292596139.htm - here ...
Do you want black sugar crystals or black icing? You can also buy black powder on Trade Me http://www.trademe.co.nz/Crafts/Cake-design/Icing-edible-decorations/auction-292152569.htm - here I've used both and both are very good. Hope that helps ------------- Jess  http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: palomino
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 12:22pm
yea i used that black food colouring and even added heaps and it was still dark grey
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Posted By: lovingmummyhood
Date Posted: 27 May 2010 at 9:32pm
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What's Millies?
Thanks lilfatty but its ok I should have looked on TM first  Wow!! There's all kinds of exciting things...------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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