How to make Black and Gold Buttercream Cupcakes

In this tutorial, I show you how to make these gorgeous and elegant black and gold buttercream cupcakes. I also show you how to make a deep black buttercream without using a tonne of black food colouring, which stains your teeth!

Black American Buttercream Recipe:
250 g butter (softened)
570g icing sugar (sifted)
60g black cocoa powder
2-3 tablespoons milk

I’ve used a modified version of my American Buttercream recipe – full tutorial can be found here:
Buttercream Recipe

Black cocoa powder used – VAN HOUTEN Intense Deep Black Cocoa Powder - https://amzn.to/3jJlrlX

Full tutorial on how to make edible gold lace butterflies:
How to Make 3D Cake Lace Butterflies ...

Tools and Equipment used:
Metallic Gold Foil cupcake cases - Culpitt https://amzn.to/34NOLDv
Piping bag
Piping tip 1B
Gold edible lustre dust (Roxy & Rich – Gold)
Rejuvenator fluid, rosewater, clear spirt such as Vodka
Edible gold lace butterflies or gold sprinkles


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