Actually, you have been here for some time, so you should know better. It's spelled chuchichäschtli, nothing to do with cakes. *swiss-anal rant over*

And yes, there are Asterix & Obelix comics in various Swiss German dialects... is it so hard to fathom that we really don't want to be Germans?

To the OP - Oh and yes, learn "proper" German first, it gives you the base to understand most if not all German speakers and if you then really still want to learn Swiss-German, go for it...