Floreal Black Sugar Paste 300 g
Floreal Black Sugar Paste is a ready-to-use covering and modelling fondant for professional pastry, a deep and fully opaque black ideal for modern cake design. Each 300 g bag is part of a 12-bag case (3.6 kg in total), made in Italy by Floreal Srl and certified gluten free. It rolls out to 2-3 mm without cracking and lets you cover cakes, model figures and cut clean, high-contrast decorations.
What sugar paste (fondant) is
Sugar paste, also known as fondant or rolled icing, is a sweet, pliable confectionery dough based on sugar and glucose syrup used to give cakes a smooth, professional finish. It became the signature material of British and Italian cake design from the late twentieth century onward, when sculpted celebration cakes and wedding cakes moved from buttercream to flawless fondant surfaces. Black is the most technically demanding shade to produce with stable colour and no bitterness, which is why pastry chefs rely on industrial pastes rather than tinting white paste by hand.
The producer: Floreal
Floreal Srl has been a reference point for Italian pastry decoration since 1961. Based in Assago, just outside Milan, the company specialises in sugar-based decorations, royal icing flowers, tragacanth gum pieces, wafer and chocolate decorations and rolled sugar paste. Its sugar paste is produced in Italy, certified gluten free and supplied in white from 1 kg as well as in 300 g blocks across a full range of colours.
Colour and texture
The colour is a solid, matte-to-satin black obtained with vegetable carbon (E153), with no metallic sheen and no grey undertone. The texture is soft and elastic straight from the bag: warming it briefly with the hands or a few passes with a rolling pin makes it perfectly plastic, so it stretches over tiers and curves without tearing or cracking at the edges.
Technical specifications
Sugar (74%), glucose syrup, water and vegetable oils form the base; the paste is gluten free and contains no declared allergens. Nutritional values per 100 g: 1,574 kJ / 369 kcal, fat 5.9 g (of which saturates 3.9 g), carbohydrate 85 g (of which sugars 81 g), protein 0.1 g, salt 0.12 g. Net weight 300 g per bag, 12 bags per case for 3.6 kg total. Store in a cool, dry place away from heat sources; no cold chain required.
Professional uses
Use it to cover celebration and wedding cakes with a smooth black finish, to build drip cakes and marble effects, and to model figures, ribbons and 3D decorations. Roll thin sheets to cut letters and silhouettes with plungers and cutters for themed and Halloween cakes, or combine black with white and bright colours for high-contrast geometric designs. For best results brush the cake with food gelatine, jam or buttercream before covering, so the paste adheres evenly.
Yield and dosage
As a working benchmark, one 300 g bag covers roughly an 18-20 cm cake rolled to 2-3 mm; thicker draping or sharp-edge covering increases consumption. A full 3.6 kg case is sized for laboratories and pastry shops with regular cake-design output, keeping a consistent black on hand across multiple orders.
Pairings in the lab
Black sugar paste pairs naturally with white and coloured Floreal pastes for contrast work, with sponge bases and ready cake layers, and with edible decorations and lustre dusts. It is the working partner of fillings and creams that sit under the fondant, from buttercream to ganache.
Delivery and logistics
B2B and B2C delivery throughout Switzerland from the LAPA warehouse in Embrach (Zurich). Direct distribution across Zurich, Winterthur, Uster, Schaffhausen, St. Gallen, Aargau, Lucerne and Basel. For Ticino (Lugano, Bellinzona, Locarno), French-speaking Switzerland (Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg), Valais (Sion, Martigny) and the Grisons (Chur, Davos) shipping within 24-48 hours via partner couriers (Swiss Post, Planzer, Galliker). As a dry, shelf-stable product it needs no cold chain and is perfect for stocking up.
Who it is for
Designed for pastry shops, bakeries, hotels, caterers, gelato shops, cake designers, Italian grocery stores and home pastry enthusiasts who want a professional, ready-to-use black fondant from a historic Italian decoration house.
