Need to use a lot of black food die.....

[babygrant]

I'm making a fondant cake for my son's birthday. I need to dye it black. I am able to get the black color....but I can taste the dye, so I want to use not so much dye. Do you think I can make some fondant with cocoa powder mixed with the marshmallow and then just use a bit of black food coloring to get the dark brown so it turns black?

[Mrshawwk]

My mom makes a chocolate cake with either european cocoa or dutch processed, I can't remember which. But the cake is very, very dark in color. I think any kind of dark chocolate powder would go a long ways in darkening your cake.

[JessicaS]

There is modeling chocolate. Do you have access to that?

[zacharysmom]

be aware black colored icing may stain hands and things we found out the hard way with my sons first b day cake we had a lot of balck dyes hands