The poinsettia, known as the Christmas Star in its native
Mexico because of its star-like shape, blooms profusely in the wild at
Christmas time in Hawaii, the Caribbean islands and its native Mexico.
This Christmas plant is favored so much in the United States
that its holiday season purchases total more than the annual sales of any other
potted plant here with 80 percent of these plants coming from a California
grower. So it stands to reason, your cakes decorated with the perennial popular
poinsettia will be a big hit!
Decorating with buttercream poinsettias is a beautiful (and
with the following instructions) easy way, to bring Christmas cheer to your
cakes whether as a featured decoration or as part of a Christmas scene you
create.
Before we go on to the piping how-to's for this incredibly
easy to make flower, here are some striking ways you can use the scarlet red
(hands down, the most popular variety) poinsettia on your Christmas cakes.
-A border of small poinsettias will provide a pretty frame
for many Christmas cake designs. -Poinsettias can be part of the design. For
example, on a cake decorated with snowmen, pipe a poinsettia on Mrs. Frosty's
hat. -Use the Christmas star in lieu of a bow on a cake decorated as a gift
(where icing ribbons run horizontally and vertically over the top and down the
sides like on a package). Pipe a large poinsettia in the center. -Create a
poinsettia wreath around the top of the cake. Pipe a few rows of leaf borders
(using dark green icing and overlapping), and then pipe your poinsettias on top
of the wreath. Then with round tip, pipe red, holly berries in between the
poinsettia. In the center of the cake, write your Christmas message. -Decorate
a multi-tiered, stacked Christmas cake (or Christmas wedding cake) with
cascading poinsettias. -Create a bouquet of poinsettias with cup cakes. Pipe
the Christmas flower on top of each cupcake and then assemble your Christmas
cupcakes on a large platter. Or place them on a tiered stand, and on the top
tier, arrange real poinsettias in a vase.
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