The Ewa Feix Akademie is now Open!

3 Jan cupcake class Frankfurt

Ok, so this year I want to bring the world of cupcake decorating to Frankfurt, Germany. That means cupcake classes in Frankfurt and international cake teachers in Frankfurt. Yes, it is a huge endevour but I am so excited. The one thing I always wished when I saw a new class being posted, was “I wish I could go. I wish the class was here in Frankfurt.” So I decided to ask the teachers to come here and they said yes!

The first international teacher of year is Tracy James from Cotton and Crumbs. In the world of tiered wedding cakes with beautiful cascading fondant roses and delicate fondant rose buds on vintage cupcakes, she is really second to none. I went to one of her classes in Birmingham and wrote about it in this post. She is an excellent teacher and I learned three new techniques from her: the big open two-toned rose, the striped bow and how to use royal icing to create an embroidery effect. All of these techniques are perfect for cupcakes and for large cakes.

So I am excited to announce that the Ewa Feix Akademie is offering, not one, but TWO classes with Tracy in Frankfurt am Main!! To book your spot email Das Cupcake: info@dascupcake.com

The first class is the cupcake class.

Vintage Boutique Cupcakes (Wednesday February 20th, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 16:30), 250€

In this class you will learn:
- stenciling techniques
-brush embroidery techniques
-how to colour fondant
-how to cover cupcakes with fondant
-how to make custom sugar pearls
-how to make a two-tone bow
-how to make a beautiful signature large rose and rosebud out of gumpaste

By the end of the 6 hour tuition, you will have 12 beautifully decorated and delicious cupcakes to take home to family and friends. Workshop fees include all ingredients and tools. To book your spot email Das Cupcake: info@dascupcake.com

You get to take beautiful vintage cupcakes like these home!

You get to take beautiful vintage cupcakes like these home! Picture courtesy of Cotton and Crumbs.

The second class is just as awesome as it focuses on sugar flower skills. Step-by-step and piece-by-piece you will craft a flower bouquet made all of sugar that would make any bride melt. Tracy will take you through the steps, giving tips and tricks along the way so that a seemingly difficult project will become perfectly achievable. This course is perfect for those just starting out with crafting sugar flowers and those looking to practice the skills they already have on new types of flowers. Imagine making the topper on your own wedding cake or maybe you said you would help your friend with her wedding cake and you really want to impress the guests. Or you need to hone your skills as you are trying to turn your hobby into a business. Then again, this is a great sugar crafting course.

Wedding Flowers Single Tier Cake (Thursday February 21st, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 16:30) 250€

In this class you will learn:
-how to colour fondant
-how to apply fondant onto a dummy cake
-how make a two-tone large rosebud out of gumpaste
-how to make gumpaste rosebuds, hydrangeas and filler flowers
-how to pipe with royal icing on a cake

By the end of the 6 hour tuition, you will have a beautifully decorated dummy cake that you can use as a display to showcase your skills or to use a reference when you want to try out your new skills at home. Workshop fees include all ingredients and tools.

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Picture courtesy of Cotton and Crumbs.

So what are you waiting for? No hassle of boarding flights to the UK, but still all the fun! Sign up now! And bring a friend. Make it a Girl’s Day Out in Frankfurt. Give it as a present to your wifey! Give this link as a hint to your hubby! Sign up to improve those skills or just have fun. It’ll be a blast and finally I will get to meet all you lovely readers in person too! Whoopee! Added bonus.

To book your spot email Das Cupcake: info@dascupcake.com

Keep your eyes peeled for some more guest teachers in the near future…think, the master of sphere-shaped cakes. Yes, he/she will soon be in Frankfurt too!

Cupcake and Cake Pops classes at Frankfurt’s Genussakademie

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Exciting news! I scored a spot as a guest teacher at the Genussakademie and with it my first article about Das Cupcake in print! How cool is that! My new name, “Ewa Feix” and my come to real-life business idea, “Das Cupcake” in black and white! This article is in the latest issue of Genuss Magazine. Check out my little, not so shabby blurb on the page. This magazine is a culinary magazine published by the Genussakademie on all types of culinary happenings in Germany, in subject areas like wine regions, professional kitchen equipment and the top restaurants in the Rhein Main region. It also prints information about all their classes and the chef/bakers that teach them. Maybe I too will be on the cover one day. *sigh* A girl can dream, can’t she. You can read more about the magazine itself here (in German).

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The article introduces me as a new guest teacher. The title, Süße Törtchen mit Sti(e)l! is a cute word play and translates to “Cute Cakes with Style/Sticks” In German if you add the “e” the word turns from “style” to “stick” and is alluding to the fact that I make cute cakes and cute cakes on sticks too i.e. cake pops. Cute, eh?

It goes on to explain that since I came to Germany in 2009, I developed my own recipes to perfection and that I also perfected the art of decorating by learning with world-reknown cake designers like Lori a.k.a. the Caketress and Naomi a.k.a. hello naomi. In addition, I bring to the academy, a new theme -cake pops. Are they mini muffins? Are they round cakes? the article asks, and responds by saying “whatever they are, they give us the perfect opportunity/occasion/excuse to decorate and eat/munch up some goodies.

Now what is the Genussakademie, you ask. Well, it is a really awesome culinary school in Frankfurt. With four amazing kitchen spaces, like this sexy beast, it invites guest teachers and of course has its own permanent chefs that teach everything from Thai cooking, to five course menus to using knives properly to cupcakes and cake pops!

I will be teaching a total of four classes at the Genussakademie in Frankfurt. 2 cupcake ones (one in German and one in English) and 2 cake pop ones (one in German and one in English).

Cupcake Classes (January 27th, 2013 (in German) & February 17th, 2013 (in English, yay!) from 11:00 a.m. to 15:00) 69€

This class is designed for beginners and those who already bake but want to learn how to bake fluffy North American style cupcakes. You will learn how to bake delicious cupcakes from scratch, using high quality ingredients. Then you will make buttercream frosting for your freshly baked cupcakes. Once we have everything made, there will be an introduction to working with fondant, followed by using your skills to create fondant creations that will go onto your cupcakes. Lastly you will learn how to use a piping bag and piping tips to create buttercream swirls like a professional.

In this class you will learn:

-how to make swiss meringue buttercream (this is the buttercream most used by wedding cake designers in North America. It is not too sickly sweet but instead silky and oh-so-delicious.)

-how to bake vanilla raspberry cupcakes

-how to colour fondant and how to work with flower paste

-how use professional tools to create fondant flowers and other pretty details

-how to use a piping bag to make buttercream swirls

By the end of the 4 hour tuition, you will have 6 delicious and beautifully decorated cupcakes to take home to family and friends. This course is available on weekends and in both English and German for your convenience. Workshop fees include all ingredients. To sign up for the cupcake class, follow the link here.

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Cake Pop Classes (February 10th, 2013 (in German) & March 3, 2013 (in English, yay!) from 11:00 a.m. to 15:00) 69€

This class is designed to introduce you to the world of cake pops. Cake pops are a wonderful trend, made famous by Bakerella from America, who is the queen of turning cake pops into works of cute art. Cake pops are pieces of cake on a stick, dipped in chocolate/candy melts and make wonderful bite sized pieces of dessert. You can customize them by topping them with ingredients such as coconut, hazelnut or sprinkles.

In this class you will learn:

-how to bake the cake which is the foundation for a delicious cake pop

-how to make the frosting that binds the cake pop together

-tips and tricks to making perfectly shaped cake pops

-how to melt chocolate using a bain-marie

-tips and tricks to dipping your cake pop

-how to decorate cake pop using ingredients you can buy at any grocery store

At the end of the class you will go home with 24 cake pops to share with your family and friends. This course is available on weekends and in both English and German for your convenience. Workshop fees include all ingredients. To book the cake pop class, follow the link here.

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Amazing pictures by Morayma from http://www.morayma-kraft.de/

We really have something for everyone! Whether you want a class in German or English, about cupcakes or cake pops, we have it all. So join me at the Genussakademie and I promise you tons of tips and tricks, delicious results and lots of fun! I look forward to meeting you all!

Das Cupcake Gets Married!

12 Oct wedding in Idstein

So everyone, I am married! The time flew by this summer as I planned every detail with Mr.Cupcake and the day was perfect! We celebrated on September 15th, exactly one year and one month after we got engaged.

The weather was perfect, the ceremony was beautiful and the party went on until 5am! On the day I did my best to take everyone’s advice which was to let go and savour every delicious moment of the day and it really worked.

I, of course baked my own cake and with the help of my trusty bridesmaids we baked 144 fresh cupcakes for the wedding guests too. The day before my wedding day was spent in the kitchen and began at 9am and ended at 23:00 with a car packed full of cupcakes and bridesmaids.

The cake baking started on a Monday and I decided to try to make a purple ombre cake so that when you cut in you got layer after layer of purple cake. It is a relatively easy trick i.e. just add food colour to your batter to get a nice wow effect. I made a delicious vanilla bean sponge cake with dark purple blackcurrant organic filling in between the layers.

Here are some pictures from the wedding.

Getting ready for my big day. I conveniently matched my lipstick to my hair rollers.

Final touches before walking down the aisle!

Quintessential, beautiful, historic Idstein. Taking some pictures around the town.

Love is in the air. One of our favourite pictures.

After the church ceremony we walked five minutes to the venue. A historic hotel called The Hoerhof. It’s so charming and the owner is wonderful and the staff were just so on the ball from the moment we arrived.

We started with a lemonade stand where each person got there own jar with a tag on it. The tag was a game where you had to find the person at the wedding that fit the description. Mr. Cupcake and I both agreed that the most annoying thing abut weddings is not really knowing anyone so we decided to include some compulsory interaction at our party. It was not easy to think of bi-lingual one liner riddles about each of our guests but we did it! Here is what they looked like…

Each guest got a personalized jar with their name on it as well as a brown tag, with no name, just the task to Finde Mich! (Find me!). i.e. another guest at the wedding

A close up shot of one of the tags.

We also added the fun moustache trend.

Moustache trend anyone?? One of my bridesmaids cut out each individual curly moustache, then cut out the sticky strip, then attached them to all the straws! I do believe I invented a new form of torture!

The tables all set up and pretty. It was a definite journey to find a theme to tie everything together and get all the stuff in Germany but we did it!

We decided on long tables. We discussed it and thought about it and decided there would be more interaction amongst the guests..since at a round table you tend to have only interaction to the left and the right of you.

Mr. Cupcake’s mom and I, painstakingly cut out all the paper butterflies by hand, then glued them on. Then we trimmed and glued on the white doilies and hand-tied the bow on each favour. Worth every second!

Cutting the cake. Both of us in carefully and meticulously focused on the task.

Heavily concentrated on cutting the ombre cake!

Clearing the dance floor of roses to begin the first dance -blind-folded no less. I had to find my way to the roses with all the wedding guests, shouting ‘hot!’ ‘cold!’ Mr. Cupcake’s job was to collect the wine bottles the roses were in and collect the roses so at the end when I took the blind-fold off, he had a huge rose bouquet waiting for me. So much fun! After that we did the waltz to this waltz famous for being in the movie Eyes Wide Shut. It has a really fast beat and there was no way we could pull it off with tripping all over wedding gown so I changed into my party dress that I picked out especially for the evening.

We danced the Waltz without tripping over each other too much.

long romantic wedding table

Evening ambiance.

And opened the underground cellar space for the party! Mr. Cupcake insisted on strobe lights and a dry ice/fog machine and although it was totally 1990s I agreed to his request. It was totally awesome and foggy and made for a fun atmosphere.

At the end of the night, Mr. Cupcake surprised me with fireworks. I love fireworks. They make me feel like a kid watching them with eyes of wonder and mouth wide open, anticipating the next colourful burst in the air.

What can I say? The perfect end to the perfect day…After the fireworks we continued to party in the cellar-turned-club until the wee hours of the morning with our awesome friends. It was really the sweetest day of my entire life!

Visiting the Dr. Oetker Kitchen Studio

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As my prize in the Dr. Oetker Dekorideen Wettbewerb (competition), I was lucky enough to be invited to bake at the Dr. Oetker Studio in Bielefeld in one of their courses. I had an all-expenses paid trip and was able to bring three people with me. So I chose Mr. Cupcake and the Cupcakes-In-Law, Mr. Cupcake’s wonderful mom and dad.

I was welcomed by Marjana, one the people involved in organizing the competition and her passion for her work and positive energy was really lovely to see and to be around. It was an absolute pleasure to finally meet her. She took care of everything from the first call to the expenses list and I really appreciated all of her hard work in making my visit a great one and of course the bag of awesome Dr. Oetker goodies was an awesome surprise!

So the task for the day for us four and the 10 other people on the course was to bake!! We all received a recipe each and had to make it from scratch using all the ingredients laid out at our stations. So that means, yes you did the math right, 14 sweet goodies to trial at the end!

In pulling recipes, out of a bucket, Mr. Cupcake got a wonderfully yummy recipe for Sweet Hot Dogs. With some angst at the beginning and unsure of his moves in a kitchen, surrounded by flour and sugar, he gained more and more confidence by the minute and the results showed! Yummy sweet soft dough buns, filled with custard cream, chocolate cigars and kiwi and grapes as décor.

I, on the other hand, pulled out a cake recipe. A departure from my cupcake-making days and a healthy challenge. The recipe produced a very delicious simple vanilla cake with a focus on working with marzipan and molding the cake into a ladybug. Here is my finished product.

Vanilla sponge cake topped with a whipped cream with little chocolate shavings folded into the cream.

Here is Mother-Cupcake-In-Law using the glittery gels a.k.a. Glitter Pens from Dr. Oetker.

Here is the finished product of Father-Cupcake-In-Law.

Mr. Cupcake was actually one of the first people on the course to finish his recipe so he was delegated a second, this time savoury recipe to prepare. A tomatoe and red pepper soup, filled with feta and roasted pinenuts…mmmm..mm, good! With a side of puff pastry savoury sticks covered in bacon bits finished by the assistants at the course. Sorry no pictures of these as these were gobbled up pretty darn fast!!

Here are all the wonderful baked goods. I have a nicely soup-lined belly at this point and am ready to dive in!

Click on the picture if you would like to see a bigger version.

They were all very excellent and so fresh. We were allowed to take as many of the leftovers of each as we wanted. So we took a lot!

After four hours of baking, we took the train home to Frankfurt. Loaded up with Dr. Oetker goodies and freshly baked desserts!

It was a rockin’ course and I would highly recommend the trip. Here is a link for more information on their course schedule. They are always updating their course selection and so there is always something new to learn!

Thank you once again for all your votes, you guys. The support was overwhelming and the prize was very much enjoyed by all!

Cupcake Decorating Basics June Class in Frankfurt

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More fun in June with cupcake decorating!
Cupcake Decorating Basics!!

If you already know how to bake cupcakes and have always wanted to make them look as beautiful as those made by professionals, this is the course for you. Spend two hours with Ewa Feix from “Das Cupcake” learning how to decorate cupcakes. In this course you will:

  • choose the colours you want to work with from the provided colour palette
  • learn to pipe frosting using various techniques with popular piping nozzles
  • use professional tools to create flowers and other pretty details for your cupcakes
  • learn how to work with fondant and flower paste
By the end of the 5 hour tuition, you will have 12 delicious cupcakes beautifully decorated by you to take home to family and friends! This course is available on weekends for your convenience. Workshop fees include all ingredients. Don’t forget to bring your aprons! The class will take place in Frankfurt am Main and more information will follow once you sign up.

Please email dascupcake@googlemail.com to join!

June Class  (introductory price of €55 per class)
Saturday, June 2nd    11:00-14:30

In the class you learn how to make all the flowers pictured above.
Styling concept and photography by Iro – Ivy Nassopoulos. Check out more of her work by searching for Domestic stories with Ivy on Facebook…

Cupcake Decorating Basics Classes in Frankfurt

9 Apr frankfurt cupcake class
In Frankfurt by popular DEMAND!!

 

Cupcake Decorating Basics!!

 

If you already know how to bake cupcakes and have always wanted to make them look as beautiful as those made by professionals, this is the course for you. Spend two hours with Ewa Feix from “Das Cupcake” learning how to decorate cupcakes. In this course you will:

  • choose the colours you want to work with from the provided colour palette
  • learn to pipe frosting using various techniques with popular piping nozzles
  • use professional tools to create flowers and other pretty details for your cupcakes
  • learn how to work with fondant and flower paste
By the end of the 5 hour tuition, you will have 12 delicious cupcakes beautifully decorated by you to take home to family and friends! This course is available on weekends for your convenience. Workshop fees include all ingredients. Don’t forget to bring your aprons! The class will take place in Frankfurt am Main and more information will follow once you sign up.

Please email dascupcake@googlemail.com to join!

April Class  (introductory price of €55 per class)
Saturday, Apr. 21    11:00-16:00

In the class you learn how to make all the flowers pictured above.
Styling concept and photography by Iro - Ivy Nassopoulos. Check out more of her work by searching for Domestic stories with Ivy on Facebook.

Making cupcakes with the talented Tracy from Cotton and Crumbs

22 Mar made at cotton and crumbs class

I have swooned and oohed and awed at the amazing sugarcrafting talents of Tracy for the past two years, printing images of her cupcakes and studying those roses and rose buds and even attempting to have other sugarcraft teachers teach me how to make that rose.

So when I heard that Cotton and Crumbs was running a class, I jumped at the chance to find out how to make those perfectly swooping and utterly perfect sugar roses.

A picture of one of Tracy's designs, taken at her workshop, showing off her beautiful work.

Flying to Birmingham, back to my old stomping grounds, I was glad to be back and see that while so much has changed so much had also stayed the same since my university days.

The class itself was wonderful and I would highly recommend it. We spent 6 hours creating beautiful cupcakes and Tracy kindly and generously shared all the wisdom she has gathered through the years. Everything from the content of the contract she put together for her customers to curving the petals at just the right angle to achieve those drool worthy roses.

A divine lunch was served complete with classic crustless sandwich combos, I had so dearly missed like cheddar and onion and egg salad. To round out the perfect lunch we enjoyed scones covered generously with clotted cream and jam and I ate no less than 5!!! Let’s just say that fifth put me over the edge and I felt a little nausea after my over-eating!! Oops!

Here is Tracy showing us different techniques.

How to achieve the perfect dome:

Perfect Sugar roses:

Two-toned fondant ribbons:

Lots of pearls of wisdom, dutifully noted:

So with my last Lucazade in hand, I boarded the flight, with a box of cupcakes balanced in the other. Here are the babies, from the class which travelled all the way back to Frankfurt via a stopover in Amsterdam!

Awesome Discovery Alert!

19 Mar front cover lecker bakery

For those of you like me, avid bakers who love all things baking and all things vintage chic, check out what I discovered!*

There was nothing worse than seeing all the cupcake trends, oceans away but nothing close to my new home here in Germany, but at last I have found the answer! Lecker Bakery!

What an absolutely well done publication, featuring all the amazing desserts we know and love dearly. Flicking through the lightly textured pages full of beautiful photography, you will quickly find that, yes it is all in German, but hey! what an awesome way to impress your German husband/boyfriend, by saying: “Hey, look at me, I’m practicing my German tonight! (without you having to nag me!..hehe)” while at the same time getting an eyeful of your favourite desserts! From the cleverly organized table of contents using the recipe’s pictures to the wide range of recipes with all the ingredients readily available at your local grocery store, this one is a real page turner!

Plus the magazine provides you with all kinds of website links for places where you can get vintage items for your kitchen. Yes, SHOPPING, ladies! There are many links for European companies from which you can buy from even if you live in Germany! That means no more astronomical shipping costs for that cute apron you want and it also means you can splurge a little more because you are saving on the shipping, right!?

And if I still haven’t convinced you of the cupcake wave hitting Germany (it’s about time!!), then this publication brings yet more proof! Look at this! Tchibo is selling cupcake boxes!

So to sum it up, you’ve got sassy aprons, vintage doilies and kitchen accessories, cupcake boxes, plus cupcake and muffin recipes galore even from the German muffin Queen herself, Cynthia Barcomi, all of which are just the tip of the iceberg inside Lecker Bakery.

What a discovery, I tell ya! I feel like such a Christopher Columbus!

And don’t worry, you haven’t missed much, this is only their first issue! If you want to find out more about this quarterly publication brought to us by the original Lecker food magazine, check out this link.

*Footnote: Mr. Cupcake’s mom should be credited with the initial sighting and diligent reporting back!

4th Place Whoopee!

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So as January comes to a close and Dr. Oetker is announcing the winners, I am happy to report that I am amongst them! With all the amazing votes from the amazing people I know all over the world and with the help of a chocolate butterfly, I was propelled into a 4th place win!

It all started with this:

I stood in the check out line at the grocery store and eye-balled the delicious Kürbis (pumpkin) gnocchi. The line-up was long so I had to entertain myself and so I flicked to recipe. As I did, this insert popped out!

And with much requesting, asking nicely and pleading and securing the 4th spot, I have come out with this in my mailbox:

Inside is a contract to say that Dr. Oetker wants my recipe and wants to take pictures of my winning entry and to then have rights to distribute my recipe and cupcake’s picture. Did you hear that folks, Dr. Oetker wants my recipe!!:) And to photograph MY cupcake! Totally cooool.

Some have said, ‘aw, only 4th place’ but in fact it’s as good as winning 2nd since the prizes are the same. As a prize, I get to visit the Dr. Oetker test kitchens with all expenses paid trip to go there for myself and three people of my choice for a fun Kochtag (cooking day). So winners in 2nd through 5th place all receive this honour with their three people too. So I am super excited! Anddd, let’s not forget that Dr. Oetker will distribute my recipe and cupcake picture!!

As soon as I found out the good news here is what I posted on my Facebook:

*running around the room in circles!!* We did it! We did it! We did it everyone!!!!! 4th place!! 4te Platz in the Dr. Oetker competition!!! Yipeeeeeee!!!! No car, but an all expenses paid trip to the Dr. Oetker Versuchsküche (Test kitchen) for a cooking day!! Plus they try out my recipe and take some professional pics of my 4th place butterfly cupcake!!

All that is left to say now is just THANK YOU. You know you have awesome people behind you when they have to buy an iPad application for flash to be able to view the page to vote; when you contact your next door neighbour from when you were 9 years old and they AND their mom vote for you; when the girl you met that one time at a language school in Paris votes; when your Facebook and WordPress followers click their way through a German voting website they don’t understand just to give you their vote; when the friend of the friend you met ONE TIME in Münich devises a simpler one click link to simplify the voting process and makes sure to share it with others; when all the peeps you worked with while at university that you hardly have contact with anymore give you their votes; when long lost childhood friends, ex-boyfriends of friends and friends that live far far away which you don’t see anywhere near enough, make sure to give you their vote and their current boyfriend’s vote of course….and then there are those brand new German relatives right here close to home and close to my heart that stand behind you and give you their support as I they only want to see you succeed and be happy.

I am damn lucky and I know it. And I love it. Thank you ALL.

Ich bitte um Eure Hilfe

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For the English version of the same blogpost, click here.

Ich gebe zu, ich bin nicht unbedingt der Wettbewerbstyp. Mir ist es zum Beispiel egal, ob ich bei sportlichen Wettkämpfen gewinne oder nicht und bei Brettspielen flunkere ich auch ab und zu, weil Monopoly ohne ein bisschen Schwarzgeld einfach keinen Spaß machen würde.

Aber dieses Mal ist es anders. Beim Stöbern durch einige Zeitschriftenregale während dem Anstehen an der Supermarktkasse fand ich in einem Kochmagazin zufällig eine Anzeige, die mich besonders ansprach. Sie warb für einen Wettbewerb, der geradezu danach schreit, gewonnen zu werden. Es war einfach Schicksal, dass ich das Magazin in diesem Moment fand und ich wusste, dass ich mich für den Wettbewerb anmelden musste. Und ich will auch gewinnen!

Konkret geht es um den großen „Dekorideen-Wettbewerb“ von Doktor Oetker, einem weltweit bekannten deutschen Backwarenhersteller, der ein Genie auf seinem Gebiet ist. Wäre es für mich also nicht einfach perfekt, diesen Coup zu gewinnen? Es wäre großartig!

Nun aber zum eigentlichen Punkt: IHR müsst für mich voten. Ich verlange keine Geldspende… auch keine Blutspende… sondern nur 2 Minuten Eurer Zeit. Es ist ganz einfach und mit keinerlei Werbung oder Spammails verbunden.

Wenn Ihr mir helfen möchtet, dann befolgt einfach die folgenden Schritte:

  • Klickt hier.
  • Scrollt Euch durch die Bildergalerie bis zu meinem Bild (da immer neue Einträge dazukommen, müsst Ihr eventuell ein wenig suchen).
  • Mein Bild zeigt einen Cupcake auf einem helllila Hintergrund mit einem großen dunklen Schokoladenschmetterling und rosa Zuckerguss. Der Eintrag heißt „Schoko Cupcakes“. Im Moment findet man mich auf der vierzehnte(14te) Seite, aber mit jedem neuen Eintrag ändert sich natürlich die Position meines Bildes. Ich werde deswegen versuchen, diesen Beitrag hier so oft wie möglich zu aktualisieren, damit Ihr nicht so lange suchen müsst.

So sieht das Bild aus:

  • Nun klickt Ihr auf das Bild auf der Dr. Oetker-Seite.
  • Sobald Ihr geklickt habt, wird das Bild vergrößert und ihr wählt den Button „Voten“ aus.
  • In dem Wettbewerb müssen immer 3 Votes auf einmal abgegeben werden, also wählt noch zwei andere Bilder aus, die euch gefallen und drückt dort ebenso auf „Voten“
  • Wenn ihr für alle drei Bilder gestimmt habt, erscheint eine Box auf dem Bildschirm, wo ihr Euren Vor- und Nachname sowie Eure E-Mail Adresse angeben müsst. Dann macht Ihr noch ein Häkchen im Feld „Ja, ich akzeptiere die Teilnahmebedingungen“ und Eure Stimme wird abgeschickt. Fertig!

Es dauert ehrlich nur 2 Minuten.

Zu gewinnen gibt es bei dem Wettbewerb einen Fiat, wobei dieser mich weniger interessiert. Vielmehr möchte ich den Erfolg haben. Das ist es… ein wenig Aufmerksamkeit für mich und meine Cupcakes. Dass Dr. Oetker mich zur Cupcake-Prinzessin krönt, die beste im Lande… das wäre ein echter Traum.

Falls Ihr immer noch nicht bereit seid, für mich zu voten, lasst mich noch eine letzte Sache versuchen, um Euch zu überzeugen.

Es gibt nämlich Neuigkeiten: Mr. Cupcake und ich sind verlobt! Aaaah! Am Abend des Antrags wussten alle Bescheid… außer mir. Für diesen großen Moment wollte meine Mutter, dass ich besonders gut aussehe… aber das ist eine längere Geschichte:

Ich hatte nur noch 24 Stunden in Kanada, bevor wir zu unserem nächsten Ziel aufbrechen wollten und es war außerdem der einzige Tag, den ich mit Mr. Cupcake in Kanada verbringen konnte. Also plante ich, etwas Lustiges zu unternehmen und nicht einfach faul zu Hause herum zu liegen. Wir liehen uns ein Paar Wassermotorräder und fuhren mit meiner Freundin, ihrem Ehemann und unseren beiden Müttern zu Turkey Point. Dort wollten wir Mr. Cupcake zeigen, wie wir Kanadier auf dem Wasser Spaß haben können und es war wirklich ein wunderbarer Tag. Für den Abend war ein gemeinsames BBQ geplant, das unsere Mütter vorbereiteten.

Als wir von unserem Ausflug zum See zurückkamen, versuchte meine Mutter mich davon zu überzeugen, mich ein wenig für das BBQ aufzuhübschen: „Ewa, komm, mach dich fertig, du musst gut aussehen. Wasch deine Haare und zieh etwas Schönes an.“

Ich antwortete darauf: „Mom, ich hab nichts Schönes und außerdem ist es doch sowieso nur ein BBQ in unserem Garten.“

Mom:  „Du hast also nichts Schönes… und was ist mit deinem Brautjungfernkleid, das du an der Hochzeit letztes Wochenende getragen hast? Du siehst so gut darin aus!“

Ich: „Nein Mom. Hör auf, so komisch zu sein. Warum zum Teufel würde ich mein Brautjungfernkleid zu einem BBQ in unserem Garten anziehen???!!! Lass mich einfach meine Shorts anbehalten.

Mom: „Mach schon, Ewa… bitte zieh dir heute Abend etwas Schönes an. Es wird toll werden…..“

Ich: „Aber Mom!! So ein Kleid ist für diesen Anlass total unangebracht. Wir essen nur mit unseren Freunden zu Abend.“

Und dann machte sie ernst: „Wenn du deine Mutter liebst, dann ziehst du dieses Kleid an!“

Ich war daraufhin ziemlich genervt, wollte aber nicht weiter streiten und ließ ihr den Sieg. Ich sehe sie ja auch nur einmal im Jahr, seit ich nach Deutschland gezogen bin…. also gut, ich zog das Kleid an und ging nach draußen in den Garten, total entnervt und dachte die ganze Zeit, wie OVERdressed ich doch war!

Natürlich wussten alle Anderen die ganze Zeit davon, dass mir Mr. Cupcake an diesem Abend einen Heiratsantrag machen würde und waren deswegen damit beschäftigt, unsere Gartenlaube mit allerlei Dekorationen zu verschönern und selbst gemachte Cocktails neben dem Grillgut auf dem Tisch zu arrangieren…

Um 20:00 Uhr saßen dann endlich alle unter der Gartenlaube oder standen neben dem Grill und ich fühlte mich ziemlich fehl am Platz mit meinem schönen türkisblauen Brautjungfernkleid…. aber egal, das Essen war fertig und wir stießen am Tisch gemeinsam mit den wunderbaren selbstgemachten Cocktails an. Alles war mit Lichterketten beleuchtet und da waren außerdem diese tollen Blumen auf dem Tisch (die mir Mr. Cupcake von der Hochzeitsfeier in Ohio vom Vortag mitgebracht hatte. Ein Bouquet aus großen pinken und weißen Rosen, das er sogar im Flugzeug mitnehmen durfte)… Ich habe mir nichts dabei gedacht, denn das Ambiente war typisch für meine Mutter.

Nach dem Anstoßen setzten wir uns alle hin und dann stand Mr. Cupcake plötzlich auf und sagte, dass er die Gelegenheit gerne nutzen wolle, um etwas zu sagen… also saß ich da und dachte „oh wie schön, er wird sich bestimmt bei meiner Mom für das schöne BBQ bedanken…“.  Aber dann setzte er sich vor mich und sagte, dass er mir direkt etwas zu sagen habe… er nahm meine Hände und gestand mir seine Liebe…. Ich sah mich um und realisierte, dass mein Bruder alles mit unserer Kamera aufnahm und da dachte ich “Wow, das ist es!“. Ich schaute zurück zu Mr. Cupcake und er redete weiter wie ein Wasserfall (das Meiste weiß ich schon gar nicht mehr, aber zum Glück ist ja alles auf Kamera!!)…. er zitterte wie Espenlaub… und dann kniete er sich vor mich und fragte, ob ich seine Frau werden will. „Weil ich dich liebe und weil ich dich zur Frau nehmen möchte…..“  Er ließ mich eigentlich überhaupt nicht zu Wort kommen und redete ständig weiter… und dann stoppte er plötzlich und ich fragte mich, ob ich nun immer noch einfach „Ja“ sagen konnte, obwohl er die Frage der Fragen schon vor etwa 5 Minuten gestellt hatte. Also antwortete ich „Ja, natürlich will ich deine Frau werden!“

Dann haben wir uns geküsst und umarmt und der Garten war komplett erfüllt… von Liebe. Alle waren glücklich und gratulierten uns. Es war einfach großartig.

Wenn Ihr mich vorher gefragt hättet, wie ich mir den Antrag vorgestellt hätte, wäre es wahrscheinlich nicht so traditionell gewesen. Aber ich fand es im Nachhinein einfach perfekt, so, wie es war! Es war toll, dass meine Mom und mein Bruder dabei waren und das jemand das Ganze auch noch auf Video festgehalten hat, sodass ich nichts von diesem Moment vergessen werde (oder wie Mr. Cupcake mich deswegen nennt: Schwarzes-Loch-Generator)…

All diese familiären Emotionen nach dem Antrag… das war unglaublich. Ich habe immer gedacht, dass ich mir einen Antrag am Strand unter dem Sternenhimmel wünsche. Nur er und ich… aber es hat meiner Mutter solch eine Freude gemacht, dass sie dabei sein durfte und ich fand es wunderschön, den Moment mit meinen Nächsten zu teilen, so dass ich mir heute keinen besseren Ort oder Zeitpunkt für einen Antrag vorstellen kann!

So, und nun sage ich noch einmal zu Euch allen: Wenn Ihr mich liebt, dann votet ihr jetzt bei Dr. Oetker für mich.

Ich habe zuerst überlegt, dieses Foto hier für den Wettbewerb hochzuladen, aber mich dann doch für das andere entschieden, da es den Zuckerguss besser zur Geltung kommen lässt.

Gerne könnt Ihr mir einen Kommentar hinterlassen, nachdem Ihr für mich gevotet habt. Das würde mich wirklich freuen!

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