Black Icing

[ShootingStar]

The secret to making icing black is to make it blue first, then add the black food colouring. If you just add the black to white icing it will turn grey. You need to make it a different colour first, blue is the closest/darkest.

There is also another secret when making red too as adding just red to white icing will turn pink. You have to make it orange first and then add the red to the orange icing.

Powder and gels are always better as it wont leave the icing too gluggy. You can only get them from cake supply places. Liquid colours you can get at coles/woolies inc black. But if youre just making a butter icing it still should be fine.
If you are using fondant and you also have access to a cake supplies shop, you can buy premade black fondant.

Best of luck!