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Poinsettia Cupcakes Recipe

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WHENEVER these tasty treats pop up at birthday celebrations, so do smiles! The Christmasy confections are deliciously rich chocolate cupcakes from Helen's family-favorite recipe. To create pretty poinsettias, our kitchen staff covered the cakes with frosting, fruit snack flowers and yellow candies. Simply trace and cut out the pattern on the next page to produce the petals, and you'll be well on your way to "growing" goodies of your own!

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Poinsettia Cupcakes Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling

Yield: 15 Servings

15 20 35

Ingredients

1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup sour cream
1-1/2 cups cake flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup water
1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
6 pieces (10 to 12 inches each) red fruit snack rolls
45 small yellow candies (Tart 'n' Tinys)

Directions

In a bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Add buttermilk and sour cream. Combine the flour, cocoa and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with water.
Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Frost cupcakes.
Trace petal pattern at right onto waxed paper; cut out. Cut petal from cardboard. Use cardboard petal from sharp knife to cut 15 petals from each fruit roll. Arrange six petals on each cupcake. Use frosting to attach three candies to each poinsettia. Yield: 15 cupcakes.

Editor's Note: This recipe was tested with Betty Crocker strawberry fruit rolls.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 346 calories, 14 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 17 mg cholesterol, 89 mg sodium, 53 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Poinsettia Cupcakes in Country Woman November/December 2002, p42

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Reviewed on Jan. 06, 2009 by lindatake

I am not the most experienced of bakers. There was no page 2 pattern for the flowers. I just did what I could. I would also like to see how to store the baked item especially those with cream cheese

Reviewed on Dec. 30, 2008 by tb2

poinsettia cupcakes I would like to know where the pattern is also,and another thing the directions mentions baking soda it is not in the list of ingredients.

Reviewed on Dec. 29, 2008 by helen stevenson