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Winter Fantasy Poinsettia Cupcakes Recipe

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Best-selling authors of the book Hello, Cupcake!, Karen Tack & Alan Richardson, spent a few days with us creating one-of-a-kind beauties that you can make at home—no special tools or talents required. Just bake your favorite cupcakes, have your favorite vanilla icing on hand and HAVE FUN!

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Winter Fantasy Poinsettia Cupcakes Recipe

Prep: 1 hour

Yield: 24 Servings

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Ingredients

1 to 2 cans vanilla frosting (16 ounces each)
Cupcakes of your choice
POINSETTIA:
Clear decorating sugar
Winterfresh or cinnamon chewing gum
Additional vanilla frosting
Yellow candy-coated sunflower kernels

Directions

Frost cupcakes, reserving some frosting for decorating as desired.
For poinsettia cupcakes: Place decorating sugar in a small shallow bowl; roll top edge of each cupcake in sugar to form a decorative rim. Set aside.
Using clean kitchen scissors or a small sharp knife, cut gum into leaf shapes of various sizes. Pinch the base end of each leaf, forming a curved leaf shape. Add frosting to a small resealable plastic bag; cut a small hole in the corner.
Arrange leaves in a circular pattern over top of each cupcake, working from the outer leaves in. Press outer leaves into top of cupcake; secure with additional frosting as needed. Continue adding leaves and securing with frosting to form a poinsettia. Gently press sunflower kernels into the center. Yield: varies.

Originally published as Winter Fantasy Poinsettias Cupcakes in Taste of Home December/January 2009, p62

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Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2011 by katlaydee3

These are fun but difficult to get the flowers just right. I may try gum paste next time.

Reviewed on Dec. 09, 2010 by kt4

I would use fondant for the flowers..Children may not be able to chew gum..they would eat and swallow it. I is a very pretty cupcake..

Reviewed on Mar. 16, 2010 by tkarinas

This is one of the most beautiful cupcakes I've ever seen and I'd gladly make it any time I could. My family absolutely loves it and will be making it many more times.

Reviewed on Dec. 01, 2008 by cakeladybu

I'd use fondant for the flower petals.