Cupcake Camp Paris III - The Aftermath/Le Bilan

You came. You saw. You cupcaked!

We were so excited to bring Cupcake Camp back to Paris for its 3rd edition and judging by the line around the block, you were too. It was an amazing day. We raised a lot of money for Make A Wish France and we are very grateful for your enthusiasm and support.

We'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who participated:

- from the bakers who donated approximately 2000 delicious and beautifully presented cupcakes,

- to the almost 600 cupcake loving attendees,

- to our hard-working volunteers without whom the event would not have run so smoothly: Ivy, Carole, Stephanie, Laila, Benoit, Melanie, Venata, Tess, Dom, Megan, Heartleigh, Niamh, Zoe, Jean-Francois, and Lisa.

And of course a huge thank you to our sponsors who pitched in a significant amount of financial support: COlunching, Context Travel, La Cuisine Paris, Beauty Cakes, Cake & Bake, Cupcake Lovers in Paris, O Chateau, Bleekcup's, Sweetly Cakes, Paris Pastry, and Sugar Daze.

We'd also like to thank all of the companies who provided amazing gifts for our tombola: O Chateau, CityCake.fr, Kasia Dietz Bags, Fairy Cooker, Cake & Bake, Sugar Daze, Beauty Cakes, Prête-Moi Paris and Lauren Cashwell, Les Biscottes, Once Upon a Cake, Cake Design Magazine, Yoko Design, Hard Rock Cafe, Yoga Concept, Amy Plum, Paris Pastry, and David Lebovitz.

And let's not forget our judges: Ruthy of Beauty Cakes, Livy of La Lettre Gourmande, Camille of Make A Wish, Rose of Rose & Cook, Fred of COlunching, Paul of Cake & Bake, Lily of Context Travel, Sasha of Savoir Faire, and Roxanne of Cake Design France Magazine.

Congratulations to our winners: Fairy Cooker, Fais-Moi Croquer and Cake, Cook & Co.

We are very pleased to announce that thanks to your generosity, we collected a little over 5,500 euros at yesterday's event, bringing our total to almost 15,000 euros generated at the 3 Cupcake Camp Paris editions (2010, 2011 & 2012)!!! That's a lot of dough!!!!

As a reminder, our charity this year was Make A Wish France - we are so very happy to be able to support this association and the wonderful work they do.

Thank you again everyone who made this event possible - we hope you had just as much fun as we did and are recovering from your cupcake-induced comas!

Much love and cupcake kisses,

Cat & Bryan

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Vous êtes venus. Vous avez vu. Vous avec cupcaké! Nous étions trop contents de continuer Cupcake Camp à Paris pour sa 3e édition et par la ligne autour du bloc, vous étiez trop contents aussi. Ce fut une journée incroyable. Nous avons récolté beaucoup d'argent pour Make a Wish France et nous sommes très reconnaissants pour votre enthousiasme et votre soutien.

Nous aimerions prendre un moment pour remercier tous ceux qui ont participé y compris:

- les pâtissiers qui ont fait don de presque 2000 petits gâteaux délicieux et joliment présentés,

- à près de 600 fans de cupcakes,

- à nos vaillants bénévoles sans qui l'événement n'aurait pas bien déroulé: Ivy, Carole, Stéphanie, Laila, Benoit, Mélanie, Venata, Tess, Dom, Megan, Heartleigh, Niamh, Zoé, Jean-François et Lisa.

Il faut remercier surtout nos sponsors qui ont donné un soutien financier indispensable: Colunching, Context Travel, La Cuisine Paris, Beauty Cakes, Cake & Bake, Cupcake Lovers in Paris, O Château, Bleekcup’s, Sweetly Cakes, Paris Pastry, et Sugar Daze.

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Nous aimerions également remercier toutes les entreprises qui ont fourni des cadeaux incroyables pour notre tombola : O Chateau, CityCake.fr, Kasia Dietz Bags, Fairy Cooker, Cake & Bake, Sugar Daze, Beauty Cakes, Prête-Moi Paris and Lauren Cashwell, Les Biscottes, Once Upon a Cake, Cake Design Magazine, Yoko Design, Hard Rock Cafe, Yoga Concept, Amy Plum, Paris Pastry, and David Lebovitz.

Et n'oublions pas nos juges: Ruthy de Beauty Cakes, Livy de La Lettre Gourmande, Camille of Make A Wish, Rose of Rose & Cook, Fred of COlunching, Paul de Cake & Bake, Lily de Context Travel, Sasha de Savoir Faire, et Roxanne de Cake Design France Magazine.

Félicitions aux gagnants des concours: Fairy Cooker, Fais-Moi Croquer et Cake, Cook & Co.

Nous sommes très heureux d'annoncer que grâce à votre générosité, nous avons récolté un peu plus de 5.500 euros samedi, portant le total à presque 15.000 euros générés lors de la 3 Cupcake Camp Paris éditions (2010, 2011 et 2012)! Cela fait beaucoup de fric!!

Pour rappel, notre association cette année est Make a Wish France - nous sommes très heureux d'être en mesure de soutenir cette association et le merveilleux travail qu'ils font.

Nous vous remercions encore une fois tous ceux qui ont rendu cet événement possible - nous l'espérons, vous vous êtes amusés autant que nous et que vous vous etes reposé un peu après les comas de sucre induits par les cupcakes !

Bisous et bises de cupcakes,

Cat et Bryan

Pour plus de photos, voir notre groupe sur flickr.

Pour avoir les actualités de Cupcake Camp Paris, suivez-nous sur facebook.

Photos: Richard Beban of Paris Play, Supermom in the Kitchen, Fairy Cooker

A Word from Our Sponsors: Context Travel

Context Travel has joined with Cupcake Camp Paris as an official sponsor this year.  The head of their Paris office, Lily Heise, answered a few questions about Context’s participation this year.

CC: So what’s your favorite pastry in Paris?

LH: Paris-Brest.

CC: Your favorite cupcake flavor?

LH: Chocolate with caramel beurre salee icing.

CC: Any particular reason why?

LH: A good mix of sweet and savory.

CC: What's more important, the icing or the cake?

LH: This is a tough call! I'm Canadian, we're allowed to be indecisive! But if I have to choose, I would go for icing.

CC: Why are you participating in Cupcake Camp Paris?

LH: I think it's always important to support events that get many people involved in a creative way to help an excellent cause. 

A Word from Our Sponsors: Yoga Concept

American Pamela Levy has partnered with Cupcake Camp Paris this year to donate some wonderful prizes for the raffle, which we hope will generate some serious dough for Make a Wish.  Her shop in the Upper Marais, Yoga Concept, features all sorts of products useful for any type of yogi.  It’s a great way to exercise after a few too many cupcakes…

We asked Pamela a few questions to pick her brain a bit.

CC: So what’s your favorite pastry in Paris? 

PL: My favorite pastry is the lemon tarte from Ladurée.

CC: Your favorite cupcake flavor?

PL: Chocolate.

CC: Any particular reason why?

PL: It’s yummy!

CC: What's more important, the icing or the cake?

PL: The icing draws you in but the cake needs to taste good.

A Word from Our Sponsors: La Cuisine

If you ever need to learn how to cook something in France, La Cuisine is the place to do it.  Learn how to make baguettes and croissants or tour the local market before prepping lunch.  Offering English-speaking culinary experiences in and around their cooking school in the Marais, Jane and Olivier, long-time Cupcake Camp sponsors, dish on their favorite sweets:

CC: So what’s your favorite pastry in Paris?

LC: Paris Brest….love choux, and love pralines.

CC: Your favorite cupcake flavor?  

LC: Just a plain vanilla done really well is alright by us….but love carrot cake, so package that in a miniature size with a great frosting and life is good.

CC: Any particular reason why?

LC: Just like simple.  Something simple done really well can often be the most challenging!