Tina left a comment yesterday that she likes magazines with cupcakes on the cover, well… FamilyCircle has a beautiful giant cupcake on it’s cover this month and I am drooling over the blue frosting for the base, there is just something about Robin’s Egg blue!
Jen has the mold to make it… and you can get your own at Target for $29.99! I’m a sure she’ll leave a comment about getting it much cheaper somewhere else like Michael’s craft store with a 40% off coupon… she is so thrifty 
FamilyCircle is a great magazine with all kinds of recipes, household tips and regularly features cupcakes on the cover!
My grandma subscribes me to Good Housekeeping and FamilyCircle (yes I have TONS of magazines and yes Sherri I think I can part with some MEHC’s for you) While reading the July 2008 issue of Good Housekeeping I read a “green” tip that I knew about but every time I mention it to someone else, it was news to them. Here is the tip in “professional” words… (I would like to consider myself a professional but alas I am just a jack of all trades and a master of none).
From Treehugger.com - “If you have a cellphone, have you ever noticed that your charger stays warm even when you are not charging your phone with it? That’s because it is still draining electricity. “According to Future Forests, only 5% of the power drawn by cell phone chargers are actually used to charge phones. The other 95% is wasted when you leave it plugged into the wall, but not into your phone. The lesson? Unplug your charger when you are not using it. If you don’t, it’s just wasting your money and adding to the pollution created by burning fossil fuels.”
In addition to unplugging my cell phone charger I also unplug all small appliances on my kitchen counter instead of just turning them off and I turn off both my computers at night. Plus… your computer puts off so much heat that by turning it off you are actually cooling your home on these hot summer nights. In an MSN article, it says that an average family can save up to $20 a month on their energy bill by simply unplugging these appliances! Another tip for those of you who have fishtanks… unplug the heaters for the summer, your fishies don’t need it! (Trust me on this one, I have 5 fishtanks!)
I feel good about going green, how about you?
~Em
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June 21, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Eric Lee
Well said… Great information, keep up the great work!
June 22, 2008 at 7:11 am
jengilley
Yes I have that pan, I did in fact buy it at Michaels with a 40% off coupon and paid like $11.00… I also have learned some tricks along the way…Bake @ 325 for about 30 minutes {don’t follow their baking times} Even better bake them seperate, even though it has two wells, top of the cupcake and bottom {the idea is to pour in your mix and bake} well the top part of the cupcake isn’t as deep so it cooks WAY faster, while the bottom requires more time… So I say only pour the bottom side in, bake remove then bake the top. That blue frosting on the cover is actually a glaze yum… When I bake this GIANT cupcake, I don’t frost the bottom, I leave it cake and load the top with frosting and BIG dot sprinkles!
June 22, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Rox
love the green tip! I’ve been unplugging stuff especially in the kitchen when not in use! Last year when we went to Disneyland for a week, I unplugged like EVERYTHING I could… our bill was so low!
June 22, 2008 at 9:06 pm
freehat704
Excellent green tip. I’ve started unplugging most of my appliances I don’t use or aren’t charging. I’m drooling over that cupcake right now…
June 23, 2008 at 11:09 am
Tina
Of course I spotted this magazine while waiting in line at the grocery store on Sunday. I had to buy it! And I have a Michaels 40% off coupon!!!! Sweet!!! And thanks Jenny for the tips on baking this giant cupcake!!! Can’t wait to make this one!!!