Poinsettia Cupcakes

by Lora Wiley-Lennartz

Yesterday was my mother-in-law’s birthday. Germans are already following the advent calender and celebrating Christmas. So instead of making her a cake, I made these Weihnachtsstern (Christmas Star)  Poinsettia cupcakes to celebrate.

For the cupcakes and frosting, I used THIS recipe from the Magnolia Bakery and added a few squirts of Wilton’s White White to the frosting to brighten up the color.

I made marshmallow fondant using THIS recipe, divided it into three parts, two large and one small, then tinted each part using Wilton’s food coloring gel. For the red I used Red No Taste. For the deep green color, I used Leaf Green with a few dabs of Black. For the yellow I used Golden Yellow.

The shapes I cut out freehand using a knife and then used it to create the indentations on the leaves and petals. I used 4 green leaves and 6 petals for each of the Poinsettias, pressing then together in the middle. Using the yellow fondant, I rolled a few tiny balls and pressed them n the middle.

I glittered them with red, green and gold disco and hologram dusts by dipping a small paintbrush into vodka and brushing on the glitter.

Every other cupcake was adorned with a fondant poinsettia. I swirled the frosting on the non flowered ones and once the icing hardened a bit, brushed on gold hologram dust.

After I arranged them on a gold platter, they looked so festive and pretty. I was glad I only decorated half of them. It gave the flowers breathing room.

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11 comments

Lentil Breakdown December 15, 2010 - 5:51 am

Wowie wow wow!

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Nola December 11, 2010 - 12:51 am

Awesome! So beautiful!

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shaz December 10, 2010 - 1:11 pm

They look perfect Lora! What a great birthday treat.

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Butter Hearts Sugar December 8, 2010 - 2:46 pm

Wow these are beautiful! so perfectly decorated.

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Lindsey @ Gingerbread Bagels December 8, 2010 - 6:19 am

Wow, absolutely stunning cupcakes! I'm in awe at how talented you are at decorating.

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UrMomCooks December 7, 2010 - 5:41 pm

These are beautiful – you have awesome decorating skills!!! I have 2 birthdays in December at my house – cupcakes are a fantastic idea, although I don't think mine will look quite like these!

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Kashia December 6, 2010 - 9:32 pm

Very impressed with the fondant work! I've always been intimidated by it, maybe I'll give it ago. PS: That pot roast was and is (leftovers tonight!) amazing 🙂

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~ Chef Louise December 6, 2010 - 6:38 pm

what an incredible amount of effort you put into the design of these, worth it they look beautiful… thanks for stopping by Satisfied~
Chef Louise

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Ali December 6, 2010 - 5:45 pm

So gorgeous!

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Anonymous December 6, 2010 - 4:53 pm

These are absolutely beautiful, and they are so fitting for the festivities!

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james December 6, 2010 - 7:12 am

beautiful works of art!

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