Seasonal · Intermediate · $97
The holiday flower every cake artist should have in their portfolio.
Master the sugar poinsettia in five focused modules. From colouring gum paste deep festive red, to shaping bracts and leaves, to that final dusting that makes it look real, taped together by you, finished by Christmas.
Skill Level
Intermediate
Lessons
7 lessons
Length
1.5 hours
The Sugar Poinsettia
What You'll Learn
Five core skills, taught in plain English.
A complete poinsettia, built up from raw white gum paste, through every colour, shape, and dusting decision that makes it real. Recorded once, yours forever.
01
Colouring gum paste
Deep festive reds and pinks that don’t muddy. Plus the right greens for the leaves, and how to mix them.
02
Rolling & cutting
How thin is thin enough, how to handle coloured paste without it staining everything, and how to cut clean shapes.
03
The centre
That cluster of tiny yellow buds at the heart of every poinsettia, taught from scratch.
04
Bracts & leaves
Shaping the red bracts (the bits people call petals) and the dark green leaves so they sit naturally together.
05
Dusting & taping
The final layer that takes it from “made by hand” to “is that real?” Plus the taping that holds it together.
Why The Poinsettia
The cake that books your December.
Every year, the same thing happens. By November, couples and corporate clients start asking for cakes that feel like Christmas, festive, sculptural, photographic. And every year, the cake artists who can make a real poinsettia book out first.
A good sugar poinsettia is the single most useful flower in your seasonal toolkit. It’s the cover of your December Instagram. It’s the cake that gets shared in someone’s holiday newsletter. It’s the reason a corporate buyer remembers you next year.
“It’s the only flower you really need for the whole holiday season. One course, two months of bookings.”
This is also one of the most forgiving sugar flowers to learn. The bracts aren’t fussy. The shaping is bold, not delicate. If you’ve been intimidated by peony layers or rose curves, the poinsettia is where confidence comes back.
The Curriculum
What you'll watch, step by step.
Seven lessons. Roughly ninety minutes of focused, paced video. Yours to watch as many times as you need.
Module 01
Before You Start
2 lessons
- ▷Colouring Gumpaste (Red, Pink, and Greens)
- ▷Rolling & Cutting Gumpaste
Module 02
Centres
1 lesson
- ▷Building the Yellow Centre Cluster
Module 03
Flowers
1 lesson
- ▷Shaping Bracts (Petals) and Leaves
Module 04
Dusting & Taping
2 lessons
- ▷Dusting
- ▷Taping
Module 05
Downloads
1 download
- 📄Tools & Equipment Checklist
when you're ready
Yours to keep, forever.
Pay once. Watch in your kitchen, on your phone, or with a friend. No subscription, no expiry, no platform that disappears.
The Sugar Poinsettia
$97 one-time
Lifetime access. Watch as many times as you like.
- ✓Full course, all five modules, seven lessons
- ✓Roughly ninety minutes of paced video
- ✓Tools & Equipment PDF download
- ✓Watch on any device, any time
- ✓30-day money-back guarantee
If the first lesson doesn’t land for you, email me within 30 days and I’ll refund you in full. No questions, no friction.
What Students Say
“I very much enjoyed the class! It was so fun and I learned a lot. I remember having such a great time in that class, and I would do it again.”
Tricia Clarke · Finespun Cakes Academy student
What You'll Need
Almost nothing.
You can start this course with what’s already in your kitchen and at most one quick trip to a craft shop.
The essentials
- ✦Gum paste, store-bought is fine to start
- ✦A ball tool (or a clean paintbrush handle)
- ✦A foam pad (or a folded kitchen towel)
- ✦Floral wire, 24-gauge for the petals
- ✦Florist tape, white or green
The nice-to-haves
- ✦A small rolling pin
- ✦A veining or Dresden tool
- ✦A pair of small needle-nose pliers
- ✦A set of petal dusts, any soft-pink and yellow
- ✦A small paintbrush for dusting
Once you’re enrolled, I’ll send you my full Sugar Flower Starter Kit PDF with affiliate links to everything I personally use. You don’t need it to start, but it makes the second flower easier.
Your Teacher
Hi, I'm Alexandria.
I founded Finespun Cakes in Toronto in 2015 and have spent the last decade designing wedding cakes and teaching sugar flowers to over 1,000 students worldwide.
I trained at Le Cordon Bleu, studied under Ron Ben-Israel in New York, won an American Cake Award, and was named one of Wedluxe’s Top 10 Wedding Cake Designers in Canada.
My courses are taught the way I wish someone had taught me, with every step shown, no gatekeeping, and no rushing through the parts that actually matter.
a smarter way
Why buy one course when you could have all of them?
The Sugar Poinsettia is included in the Finespun Academy at $29/month, along with every other course, over 100 studio recipes, all seven studio tools, and live time with Alexandria every month.
After three months in the Academy, you’ve already gotten more than the price of this single course. Most members stay much longer.