Comments on: Easy and Delicious Black Buttercream That Won’t Stain Your Teeth!

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Sat, 04 May 2024 21:11:29 +0000

In reply to Ashley. The black cocoa powder helps a ton. If you have to use a regular cocoa powder, you'll probably need to let the buttercream rest even longer to get that black to saturate.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 21:09:35 +0000

Is there anything else you can use besides the dark cocoa powder? I can’t find any here in Canada!

By: Mike Borton

Mike Borton — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 00:34:28 +0000

Delicious and no stained teeth!!
Follow the steps and don’t worry – it turns dark!
Made it for a friends 50th birthday party – Star Wars theme, so needed a black icing for the cake base! Not only did it look awesome, it tasted incredible!!! Thank you so much for sharing it!
Next time, I might add a teaspoon (or a little more) espresso powder to kick up the chocolate flavor even more.

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 15:44:44 +0000

In reply to Jenni Patterson. Yes it should!

By: Jenni Patterson

Jenni Patterson — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:51:43 +0000

So I’m making a wedding cake, would this freeze well a head of time and defrost ok?! I haven’t worked a lot with black frosting and want the wedding cake to turn out ok!

By: Ella

Ella — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 08:25:18 +0000

Made this 2 weeks ago to cover my daughter’s birthday cake (cookies and cream cake which I also got from your recipes). The waiting bit made it worthwhile, followed instructions to the T and the result was great! It went well with the cake too, tasted just like oreo with the cake.

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 19:25:05 +0000

In reply to Payton. More powdered sugar

By: Payton

Payton — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 19:55:09 +0000

I followed recipe exactly and used special dark hersheys cocoa powder. The frosting turned out to taste bitter and like cocoa powder after taste. How can I fix this or make it sweeter without after taste?

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 19:51:38 +0000

In reply to Laura. I'm so glad!

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 00:41:27 +0000

I made this frosting for a galaxy cake and it turned out AMAZING. I followed the recipe/instructions to a T, using black cocoa and about 1.5 tsp of black food colouring gel (Sugarflair, Black Extra). It tasted like an Oreo cookie! It was also very smooth and easy to frost a cake with (although perhaps a bit too loose to use with a liquid filling or compote, in which case I would recommend using a sturdier non-chocolate based frosting to use as the base of the filling/piped rim).TIP: it does darken over time, but it also darkens after you rewhip it (after being in the fridge overnight). When I took it out of the fridge, it was a dark brownish grey, but after I brought it to room temp and whipped it back up in my stand mixer, it turned a beautiful glossy black. Sooo happy I found this recipe and didn’t have to dye any mouths black OR settle for a murky grey frosting. Thanks, Courtney!!

By: cakebycourtney

cakebycourtney — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 22:05:03 +0000

In reply to Kemberli. It won't necessarily make it more stiff, just sweeter. You can adjust the liquid measurements to make it more stiff.

By: Kemberli

Kemberli — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 16:05:24 +0000

Can I add more powdered sugar to this to make it more stiff?

By: cakebycourtney

cakebycourtney — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:15:16 +0000

In reply to Alejandro Vargas. Yes it gets darker as it sits.

By: Teresa Estrada

Teresa Estrada — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 14:21:20 +0000

Wow! This is the best buttercream I have ever made. It turned out awesome and delicious! It didn’t take too long to make the icing black color as well after adding in the black color gel. I used Hershey’s special dark cocoa powder instead of extra dark since that is what I found and it worked just fine. I have never made chocolate buttercream so this is now my go to recipe. It paired wonderfully with white oreo cake. It was really soft and heat sensitive. Next time I may use less water. But the taste was awesome!

By: Alejandro Vargas

Alejandro Vargas — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 22:48:34 +0000

In reply to cakebycourtney. Hi! I’m really struggling with the color of this frosting. I made it yesterday and right now it is still very much a dark grey. I’ve already added food coloring and more black cocoa straight into the buttercream. Will it still continue to darken even after I frost my cake?

By: cakebycourtney

cakebycourtney — Tue, 07 Jan 2020 17:00:36 +0000

In reply to Rachel. It has two kinds of chocolate in there so its pretty strong chocolate.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 19:44:37 +0000

Is the flavour a strong, dark chocolate flavour? My son love chocolate, but sometimes finds dark chocolate too intense. I am trying to find a black icing for his laser tag birthday party, but I want to make sure he will like it. Thanks.

By: cakebycourtney

cakebycourtney — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 17:34:08 +0000

In reply to Tina. Yes just use milk chocolate instead!

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 19:19:52 +0000

What would you recommend to get more of a milk chocolate flavor? Use milk chocolate instead of dark and stick with the black powder and food gel? I’m using it for frost cupcakes for a kids birthday party and looking for a black milk chocolate buttercream 🙂

By: cakebycourtney

cakebycourtney — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:41:32 +0000

In reply to Tayna. Oh I'm so sorry you didn't love it. I love a good dark chocolate flavor. Which cocoa's did you use?

By: Tayna

Tayna — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 02:05:44 +0000

I tried this recipe, among others, for a black icing cake for my daughters birthday cake. This icing achieved the best looking “black icing” color, however, it did not taste as well as some of the others. This had a very strong cocoa taste. I used her exact recipe and all exact items. Wish the taste would have been there.

By: Antionette Henry

Antionette Henry — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 14:00:55 +0000

I love this recipe!! After I read the reviews and refrigerated the frosting for a few minutes it was perfect. It's been really HOT in Cleveland so the humidity was working against me. But I was able to complete my order. Thank you for sharing I wish I could add my picture to this message?

By: cakebycourtney

cakebycourtney — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 02:40:31 +0000

In reply to Natalie. Yes they are. Try stirring a little more next time, or even heating your water so the cocoa dissolves better.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 04:42:32 +0000

Is it supposed to be 1c cocoa and 1/2c water? When I mixed it it was a super thick paste and left black clumps in my frosting after mixed in…just checking if those measurements are correct? Thank you!