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"In case you haven&amp;#x27;t noticed, we&amp;#x27;re big fans of Valentine&amp;#x27;s Day treats here at Glamour, so when Anna Beth Weber, owner of Verily Baked Goods, agreed to create a custom cupcake for us based on the personality of our March cover girl Amanda Seyfried, we couldn&amp;#x27;t resist. Wait, a cupcake based on a celebrity? How does that work? We&amp;#x27;ll let Anna Beth explain:&amp;quot;In creating a cupcake to represent Amanda, I started by using a welcoming blonde cake with a hint of sweetness from Baileys Original Irish Cream and freckles of almonds. I wanted to show her dainty demeanor through the whipped honey and a delicate swirl of white chocolate and honey buttercream icing. I also created a floral decoration using the natural goodness of toasted almonds as petals and a decadent, yet sweet square of white chocolate. Finally, I finished each cupcake by placing it in a flirty floral wrapper.&amp;quot; Well, that makes a whole lot more sense! Sweet and coquettish, just Amanda. Create your own, just in time for Valentine&amp;#x27;s Day using Anna Beth&amp;#x27;s recipe here. If you do, be sure to tweet a pic to @glamourmag. We&amp;#x27;d love to see how they turn out! Girl on a Rising Star Cupcakes Serves 12 INGREDIENTS Cupcakes: 1 cup Flour 1/4 cup of Almond Meal 1 teaspoon Baking Powder 1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda 1/2 teaspoon Salt 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar 1/4 cup Brown Sugar, packed 1/3 cup Vegetable Oil 1 cup Coconut Milk 1 teaspoons Almond Extract 1 teaspoon Baileys Original Irish Cream Filling: 1/4 cup Whipped Honey 1 teaspoon of Baileys Original Irish Cream White Chocolate Honey Buttercream: 2 sticks Unsalted Butter, at room temperature 6 ounces of High Quality White Chocolate, melted in the microwave and cooled to room temperature 3 cups Sifted Confectioner&amp;#x27;s Sugar 2 teaspoon of Honey 2 tablespoons Baileys Original Irish Cream Decoration: 1/2 cup Toasted Almonds 12 small squares of White Chocolate DIRECTIONS: Cupcakes: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Place 12 muffin liners in muffin tin and set aside. In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add sugar and brown sugar until all dry ingredients are thoroughly mixed. 2. In a separate container, whisk together oil, coconut milk, almond extract and Baileys Original Irish Cream. Combine dry ingredients with wet ingredient mixture and whisk until relatively smooth. 3. Fill cupcake liners with 1/4 cup of batter so muffin tin is just under 2/3 of the way full. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer to cooling rack and allow to cool completely, about 5 minutes. 4. Once cupcakes are completely cool, use a small sharp knife to cut a small cone from the middle of each. Fill cone with whipped honey using a small spoon. Decorating Cupcakes: 1. Cream butter in electric mixer on medium high for 2-3 minutes until fluffy. Mix in white chocolate and whipped honey before slowly adding confectioners&amp;#x27; sugar one spoonful at a time. Once mixture is smooth, whip in Baileys Original Irish Cream until consistent. 2. Fill a ziplock bag with icing and, with a scissor, carefully cut off the tip to use as a pastry bag. Pipe a swirling spiral of icing on top of each cupcake leaving a 1/2&amp;quot; space between the buttercream icing and the edge of the muffin paper. Place toasted almond slices and a piece of white chocolate on buttercream to resemble a flower with beige petals. Finish by placing cupcake into a floral cupcake wrapper and enjoy. For more information or to order your own cupcake with character, visit verilybakedgoods.com. Are you big on baking Valentine&amp;#x27;s Day goodies? What about making cupcakes in general? If you were a cupcake, what flavor do you think you&amp;#x27;d be? More Valentine&amp;#x27;s Day Treats: * Red Velvet Whoopie Pies * Heart Shaped Linzer Tarts * The Perfect Valentine&amp;#x27;s Day Cocktails "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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