Sunday 19 June 2011

Los Cupcakes OLé!!! :-D

Last week was quite memorable. On Tuesday night, I had the great pleasure of greeting 7 guests at my SugaShack. The goal of the soirée was to surprise Aïda with a birthday outing. Apparently Aïda was (get this...) fan of Kitschcakes:-D so her friends/co-workers thought it would be a great idea to celebrate Kitsch-Style, which makes Miss Kitsch verrrrrry happy!

The soirée started out with a small tour of the SugaShack, followed by various technical demonstrations on cupcake decorating. Since Aïda was "La Star", the theme of the soirée revolved around her likes and interests. This took some much appreciated brain-storming from her friend and organizer "Karin", but we managed to decorate our cupcakes "Spanish-Style", since Aïda is from there originally.
We decorated los Cupcakes con Spanish flags, fans, a hat that Aïda had purchased one week before while in Madrid, and Spanish roses. Of course some of the creations ran wild!

A little glimpse right here:



A side view here:




Everyone arranging los Cupcakes on the stand and Miss Kitsch doing what she does best: Laughing LOUD ;-D


Miss Kitsch even created a couple give-aways for each guests: Cupcake Pops in rojo y amarillo:-) and Spanish Flag cookies written "Aïda" (souvenir:-)





Here is a group photo after having un poco Prosecco. Notice how several people are wearing PINK?? Gotta LOVE that! Aïda seemed SOOOO happy!! Gotta love that even more!!!



Aïda, let me mention once more: I am not at all surprised that your friends went to great lengths to make you feel special on your special day. You are un Rayon de Soleil! :-D
Your enthusiasm for life is so contagious and your positive attitude is numbing. May you never change how you are and may we meet again for more great times!




Au revoir Aïda y gracias por todo!!!

Saturday 18 June 2011

Funky Kitchen Club meets Kitschcakes VIDEO



Oh my Gosh! To say that this past week was insane would be an understatement. SO much has happened and it's been literally life-changing.

Last Wednesday the Funky Kitchen Club meets Kitschcakes episode finally aired. And little did I know, this historical cupcake episode came with lots of unexpected side effects.
For starters I received a phone call from Canal3, requesting a radio interview a few hours before the show...in GERMAN!! I was like "oh my goodness how the hell am I going to pull that one off??". As though the woman who phoned me could read my thoughts, she proposed to send me the interview questions in advance... (DUH??!!)
I happily accepted so I could very well prepare...

If that weren't enough, Mathias and I had to be at the Hotel Bellevue in Bern, to get ready with hair and make-up preparations to go on national TV / TSR "LIVE" (omg!!). The show was due at 20:10, and the Funky Kitchen Club was airing at 20:00.

Anyway, all of this stress and excitement was enough to last me a little while. While I was seated, waiting for the "Live" show to go on the air, I had my iPhone and was monitoring my emails and texts that were piling in. It was so exciting, but strange at the same time.

The few days following the Funky Kitchen Club meets Kitschcakes episode were spent answering the hundreds upon hundreds of emails from all over Switzerland. It's as though people were woken up out of their intense comas, and they suddenly discovered that there is a whole exciting Cake universe out there, ready to be explored!

On the night of the "Live" show I didn't want to show up empty-handed, but didn't really know who I should create something for. Then I thought of the make-up artist who I had to see first thing and then said to myself: "hey, why don't I create a kit for her!", and so I did,
and here is it:





Before I left I handed this over to her and said "Merci, for doing such a great job!". I think she was completely shocked, as this was totally unexpected. She was speechless, and so I was happy: Mission Accomplie! :-D




Tuesday 7 June 2011

Funky Kitchen Club meets Kitschcakes preview...





Well here is it, a little written extract of what will be aired tomorrow night. I'm kinda nervous about it, but at least the pictures posted on this page are okay...(my hair, I mean ;-)

Check out the Funky Kitchen Club's homepage for more info!



Sweet Cheers!

Saturday 4 June 2011

Pro7 vs TSR



LOTS has been going on at the SugaShack these past few weeks. So much in fact, that I was beginning to wonder if I would ever be able to climb out alive!

A little over one year ago Kitschcakes was merely an idea that popped into my head after returning from Cake Mecca in Chicago. One year later, Miss Kitsch has a fully equipped SugaShack , a classroom and a stock room. It is exquisitely decorated and an inspirational location for all aspiring decorators!

These past few weeks were very hectic because, parallel to executing the many orders I received for customized cakes, cookies and cupcakes, I had workshops and classes going on. This is business as usual.
However, the unexpected events that unfolded were rare opportunities that I simply had to take in: an opportunity to take part in an episode of the Funky Kitchen Club with René Schudel

This amazing experience completely opened my eyes to what really goes on behind the scenes of reality TV. The crew filmed the entire day and even stayed until late evening in order to film the cake decorating class that took place that night. My girls were such great sports about it all! A little camera shy of course (Miss Kitsch included), but they were awesome and I am so happy that they were able to take part in this historical moment.

On Wednesday night, the episode will be aired on Prosieben Schweiz at 20:00, and on Sunday night at 18:00. Ironically, I won't even be able to watch it on Wednesday because I will be in Bern with Mat (my hub), taking part in a political show that will be filmed LIVE on TSR (national TV)
And ironically once again, because I will be in Bern on LIVE TV, I won't be able to view the "TSR Mégaphone" show (which will also bring a few minutes of Miss Kitsch in the SugaShack.)

So in a nutshell, Kitschcakes will be talked about on the most popular Swiss german TV cooking show in Switzerland as well as the most popular French Swiss TV channel on the same night, and Miss Kitsch will not be able to watch and judge if her hair looks good or not;-)

Thank goodness for YouTube, because in the end that's where I'm going to see if I made a fool out of myself or not;-)

Sweet Cheers to all!