I WENT TO MY LOCAL STORE TO GET BLACK FOOD COLOURING AND THEY HAD JUST SOLD THE LAST ONE THAT VERY AFTERNOON!!!1 I NEED BLACH COLOURING FOR MY SONS CAKE AS I AM DOING A SPIDERMAN FACE ON THE CAKE.
PLEAS IF ANYBODY KNOWS HOW I CAN GET BLACK WITH OTHER COLOUR MIXES PELASE TELL ME.
IAM THINKING ABOUT GOING TO A BAKERY AND ASK THEM IF THEY CAN SELL ME SOME.
I GOT LESS THAN A WEEK SO I CANT ORDER IT OUT!!
IAM DESPERATE
CARMEN
I just saw in my regular grocery store that McCormick (or the other big maker of flavor extracts) sells black food coloring in the spice section. It says it's new, so it may work in a pinch. I will try to find a pic, but it's in the same box as the vanilla or almond flavorings come in. Just in case this is not the black food coloring you were originally looking for.
Here's a link, hope it helps!
http://www.mccormick.com/productdetail.cfm?id=12689
I hate piping gel tubes. They always bleed into the cake. Why stress? Just use a nice dark chocolate icing (one with unsweetened chocolate in the recipe) . If your son is young enough to appreciate a spiderman cake he probably won't notice. If you do end up finding black coloring start with chocolate anyway. It takes the color better. Hope it works out! 
I hate piping gel tubes. They always bleed into the cake. Why stress? Just use a nice dark chocolate icing (one with unsweetened chocolate in the recipe) . If your son is young enough to appreciate a spiderman cake he probably won't notice. If you do end up finding black coloring start with chocolate anyway. It takes the color better. Hope it works out!
I hate piping gel tubes. They always bleed into the cake. Why stress? Just use a nice dark chocolate icing (one with unsweetened chocolate in the recipe) . If your son is young enough to appreciate a spiderman cake he probably won't notice. If you do end up finding black coloring start with chocolate anyway. It takes the color better. Hope it works out!
There are tubes of black icing that are not gel. I agree, don't use the gel icing, but if all you need is simple and a small amount, I think I'd go for the tubes of *icing* (NOT gel). Wilton sells icing in tubes. It's useful because you can attach any tip to the tube. Especially nice when you need very small amounts of 12 colors 
My Michaels has the individual gel colors AND the sets of colors (4 to a box) that go with themed sets. I got a Spiderman colors set not too long ago that had the dark blue, lighter blue, red and black. They are on the opposite side of the aisle from the individual colors - with the character pans and cupcake liners and other themed stuff. I think our party store has the 4 color sets too.
Hope this helps!
There are tubes of black icing that are not gel. I agree, don't use the gel icing, but if all you need is simple and a small amount, I think I'd go for the tubes of *icing* (NOT gel). Wilton sells icing in tubes. It's useful because you can attach any tip to the tube. Especially nice when you need very small amounts of 12 colors
My Michaels has the individual gel colors AND the sets of colors (4 to a box) that go with themed sets. I got a Spiderman colors set not too long ago that had the dark blue, lighter blue, red and black. They are on the opposite side of the aisle from the individual colors - with the character pans and cupcake liners and other themed stuff. I think our party store has the 4 color sets too.
Hope this helps!
OOPS...sorry about the multiple posts - it told me there was an error and it couldn't send, but it did it anyway.
My Michaels has the individual gel colors AND the sets of colors (4 to a box) that go with themed sets. I got a Spiderman colors set not too long ago that had the dark blue, lighter blue, red and black. They are on the opposite side of the aisle from the individual colors - with the character pans and cupcake liners and other themed stuff. I think our party store has the 4 color sets too.
Hope this helps!
There are tubes of black icing that are not gel. I agree, don't use the gel icing, but if all you need is simple and a small amount, I think I'd go for the tubes of *icing* (NOT gel). Wilton sells icing in tubes. It's useful because you can attach any tip to the tube. Especially nice when you need very small amounts of 12 colors 
There are tubes of black icing that are not gel. I agree, don't use the gel icing, but if all you need is simple and a small amount, I think I'd go for the tubes of *icing* (NOT gel). Wilton sells icing in tubes. It's useful because you can attach any tip to the tube. Especially nice when you need very small amounts of 12 colors
My Michaels has the individual gel colors AND the sets of colors (4 to a box) that go with themed sets. I got a Spiderman colors set not too long ago that had the dark blue, lighter blue, red and black. They are on the opposite side of the aisle from the individual colors - with the character pans and cupcake liners and other themed stuff. I think our party store has the 4 color sets too.
Hope this helps!
My Michaels has the individual gel colors AND the sets of colors (4 to a box) that go with themed sets. I got a Spiderman colors set not too long ago that had the dark blue, lighter blue, red and black. They are on the opposite side of the aisle from the individual colors - with the character pans and cupcake liners and other themed stuff. I think our party store has the 4 color sets too.
Hope this helps!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR REPLIES BUT I FORGOT TO SAY THAT I LIVE IN PORTUGAL ON THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA, I HAVE GONE TO A PARTY STORE AND 2 SUPERMARKETS AND THEY HAVE ALOMOST EVERY COLOUR BUT NOT BLACK.
IAM THINKING ABOUT BUYING DARK BROWN TO TRY OUT AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR REPLIES BUT I FORGOT TO SAY THAT I LIVE IN PORTUGAL ON THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA, I HAVE GONE TO A PARTY STORE AND 2 SUPERMARKETS AND THEY HAVE ALOMOST EVERY COLOUR BUT NOT BLACK.
IAM THINKING ABOUT BUYING DARK BROWN TO TRY OUT AND SEE HOW IT GOES.
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