Festive Poinsettia Cupcakes

Luscious white buttercream icing accented with sparkling sugar creates the perfect base for royal icing poinsettias. Peppermint Stripe ColorCups Baking Cups are foil-lined to retain their pristine stripes!

AmountEach cupcake serves 1.

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

Royal Icing
Meringue Powder
Christmas Red Icing Color
Buttercup Yellow Icing Color
Favorite cupcake mix or recipe
Buttercream Frosting
White Sparkling Sugar

Tools
Leaf Cake Decorating Tip 352
12 in. Disposable Decorating Bags
Lily Nail Set 8 Piece
Jewel Tone Pops Foil Wraps
Round Cake Decorating Tip 2
Standard muffin pan
ColorCup Peppermint Stripe Cupcake Liners
Decorator Preferred 9inch Angled Spatula

Instructions

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Make flowers 1 day in advance. Prepare royal icing following recipe directions. Tint large portion red and small portion yellow. Use tip 352, 1 5/8 in. lily nail, and red icing in cut decorating bag to make 3 poinsettias per cupcakes. Use tip 2 and yellow icing to make dot centers. Let dry at least 24 hours.
Make cupcakes. Prepare batter following recipe directions. Bake and cool cupcakes.
Ice cupcakes. Prepare buttercream icing following recipe directions. Use spatula to lightly ice top of cupcakes smooth. Immediately sprinkle with white sparkling sugar.
Position flowers. Position three poinsettias on each cupcake, using buttercream icing if needed to secure.

Notes

How To

How to Pipe a Poinsettia
The classic Christmas Poinsettia may be piped in white, pink or red. It's one of the more shallow flowers piped in the lily nail. Don't push foil more than halfway into the cup.