There is something magical about poinsettias!
Poinsettias have become a staple during the holiday season, the plant is sold every year, and most homes have a few. It has become a family tradition to design a special cake that represents the season, last year we created a Buche de Nöel (Yule Log), I suggested we design another this year, but Sydney wanted something spectacular! Thinking of a spatular cake isn’t as easy as you think. As I was thumping the front of my head saying “think, think, think,” yes just like Winnie the Pooh, I glanced over to fireplace and saw…a poinsettia plant. Eureka! I had a dazzling idea to create a poinsettia cake with gumpaste poinsettias; Sydney agreed. We had so much fun with this cake I wanted to share how to bring your own poinsettia cake to life!
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For the poinsettia picture tutorial visit :
Poinsettia Cake, A Peek into our Holiday Traditions
Poinsettia Gumpaste Plant:
The poinsettia is truly a majestic plant!
Visit Shop 5th Avenue Cakes for supplies
Prepare your mise en place.
Poinsettia mise en place
Coloring the Bract and Leafs.
The sugar paste/gumpaste poinsettia will stay alive forever.
Prepare your mise en place.
Poinsettia color mise en place
Enjoy and Happy Holidays!
Voila!
I love the tutorial, but the pictures get out of wack. Is there any way for you to send them to me so that i can see them in secession? THANK U!
Jessica, the sliders can be manually played, just press the arrow, and then they will go in consecutive order. If you have any other questions let me know.
thank you for the great tutorial! you are very skilled! just need to find the cutter and veiners to get to work.
Thank you!
Many thanks Bobbie for inviting me to view your site/blog and I am so impressed with these poinsettias – this has come just in time as I have been asked to make a wedding cake for December – with guess what? Yep Poinsettias on it, so I can see how you have done it and have plenty of time to practice. Thank you so much for sharing your talent.
Kind regards
Sally x
Sally, I am so thrilled I was able to help you; if you have any questions please do not hesitate! 🙂
Wow, this is stunning, I am so glad I found this. Now I need to see if I can get all these items in the UK, especially the poinsettia cutters, we are going to make our wedding cake, and we have until next christmas 2014 to practice, but I desperately want poinsettias on it, as they are just the epitomy of christmas aren’t they 🙂 x
Yes you are able to find the all the items in the UK; try http://www.cakedecoration.co.uk
it look so real 🙂 thanks for the tutorial! 🙂
You did a very beautiful job, you save me the money and the time for the class! TANK YOU!!!!!! Hope to see more of your ideas, and hope to help you in the future, i have a few tricks of my own! Lol.Again Tank You! Truly
Maria Roa
Maria, Thank you and I would enjoying herring your ideas.
so very glad i found this, was searching for weeks. thanks a bunch; question: do you also have tutorials on other Christmas flowers like the Christmas rose and orchids ?
Monica, At the moment I have a snowman cake, but I will be posting video tutorials on more Christmas flowers in November.
lovely! thank u very much for sharing 🙂 x
It was my pleasure!
its nice i need make one this is helpful can you tell me where i can buy this cutter and veiner set thank you
The veiner can be purchased at http://shop.bobbiesbakingblog.com/?s=veiner and the cutter from Global sugar art; it is their brand.
Oh my goodness – these are the most realistic ones I have seen to date – even the ones done by “the professiionals” don’t look this realistic. Thank you for sharing you knowledge and expertise.
Thank you
Your tutorial is excellent. Please let me know from where can I purchase the poinsettia cutters and veiners. Thanks.
Thank you, you may find everything for gumpaste poinsettia at http://shop5thavenuecakes.com. Sometimes you need to email the shop if you are having trouble finding what you need.
Bobbie – I salute you for being very creative!
I just happened to see your website and watched some of your tutorial -love it especially the Poinsetta Flower – especially for the upcoming season.
I am from the West Coadt of Canada and would like to try my hands on the Poinsetta Flower ( I am very creative like you, done a lot of baking for just my family and I am now retired).
I do not hv any single tool for gum paste flower making yet and would like to know how much it will cost me (shipped) everything I need to get started to make the Poinsetta Flower??? I hv done Royal Icing Rose Flowers and Leaves on Toothpicks and Wires.
Appreciate you e-mailing me back!
Rae from Canada
P.S. Love your picture with your daughter Sydney!
I just emailed you, I apologizes for the delay. I have another website that is connected to my store..http://5thavenuecakedesigns.com/2012/12/26/poinsettia-surgarpaste-tutorial/ I will creating a video tutorial this month on flower paste (gumpaste) poinsettia.
Thanks a bunch for the list for making The Beautiful Poinsettia Flower! – Love and Wish I could take class lessons from you on gum paste flower making – we are neighborring countries but still distance apart!
Thank you Rae, Did you receive my list?
Hi Bobbie, it’s a very interesting and lovely tutorial. Would love to try it
It look so real.Thanks for the tutorial
Thank you
These Poinsettia’s are amazingly beautiful! Thank you for sharing this tutorial. I was wanting to know what sizes are the brushes you use or what brand are they? Thank you again. You are truly gifted.