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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2009-08-19, Page 7• News Winthrop wedding cake baker teaching cupcake artistry as Taste of Huron event draws `foodies' to the. area Sysau Hondertmark Working out of an old schoolhouse in Winthrop and baking at the Sea - forth Legion and any other health -in- spected kitchens she can find nearby, Morgan Moyer is hoping the Taste of Huron event this month will bring some attention to Huron County cui- sine. "Hey, we're here. It's not just all farmland. There are food businesses that use the local produce," says the owner/operator of Old Schoolhouse Cakes and Pastries. Trained in culinary management at Georgian College and working for eight years in the baking and restau- rant industry, Moyer moved to Win- throp recently with her husband and decided to open a business as they raise their 18 -month-old son. • It was when she went looking for a wedding cake for her own wedding in Huron County and not being able to find anyone offering that service that she decided to begin her busi- ness. Moyer says 95 per cent of her busi- ness is creating wedding cakes but she also bakes cakes, cupcakes and cookies for other special occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, gradu- ations and baby showers. As a part of Taste of Huron, Moy- er is offering a two-hour hands-on workshop on "A Cupcake for All Oc- casions" which will teach partici- pants how to create edible art with a variety of icings, tools, tips, colours and cutters in Goderich on Saturday, Aug. 29. Taste of Huron is "a seven day Festival of Flavours and Feasts in Huron County" from Aug. . 24 to 30 with workshops and dinners held Morgan Moyer, of Old Schoolhouse Cakes and Pastries poses with her display wedding cakes. throughout the county. Moyer says she bakes with locally- produced berries, rhubarb and other fruit along with locally -produced honey. "I'll purchase what I can find and put it in the freezer so .1 can even bake with it in the off season. I be- lieve in the locavore movement and I only go outside the area for supplies if I absolutely can't find it here," she says. "I like using local produce. You know where it comes from. You can see it growing in the field next to you," says Moyer. Moyer will also be baking the cook- ies used in the Taste of Huron five - course gala dinner in Bayfield on Aug. 29. • - Moyer, who grew up in Hamil- ton, says that while Huron`ounty doesn't have the reputation of being g a place for "foodies," she's discovered them here all the same. "I was very skeptical when I first LEGENDS. DAY SUNDAY AUGUST 23 - POST TIME 1:3Opm 4 Clinton Public Hospital Folin(Iatio11 Fundraiser 'wcolor-t Awelorow<w HMA Kid's Activities Inflatable slide, face painting, free tattoo's, popcorn, lemonade and more! r:i :x P f_ Silent auction, free celebrity horse photo, autographs, $20,000 Invitational Trot Wmdrider Competition Finals and New REACH centre tours at 1 & 5Pm [CLINTON. h St. Clinton ,i 1 o)• f,•?.5?()4 \ a 'Y/ Visit www.clintonraccway.com for contest information. 1:oopm FREE Commemorative PEN & POSTER got here - you as- sume it's just the larger cities. But, if you look, they're here - there seems to be hidden food- ies who don't know where to go. And, I hope this event will make it grow," she says. Moyer, who has been adver- tising in bridal magazines and attending bridal shows through- out Southwestern Ontario since she started her busi- ness a few years ago, says she's now booked solid throughout wedding season from May to July. "The phone has been ringing off the hook and I wake up in the morning to 10 emails, either thanking me or placing an order," she says. Business comes from all over Southwestern Ontario where she's gone as far as Burlington to deliver a cake but she's also shipped one of her display cakes out to Winnipeg for a wedding. "I'm willing to go anywhere de- pending on how much you want to pay for a cake," she says, adding that publishing photos of her designs in ads has caused some clients to "fall in love with that cake." "A lot of local people don't seem to know I'm here but a lot of brides sure know where I am," she says. While she's been doing her baking at the Seaforth Legion kitchen and other health -inspected facilities in the area, Moyer says her dream is to open a storefront bakery somewhere in Huron County. "I'd like to have brownies and cook- ies but more of the higher end pas- tries as well. I'd love to bring the French style here but without the pretentious attitude," she says. p Online courses from Ontario's Colleges and Universities start here in Exeter. \sol !0►w! �! W Yf; '$ _ww • Course selection. Registration. Advanced technology. High-speed Internet. We support you every step of the way. Go to etearnnetwork.ca/exeterfor more information. Drop in or call: 349 Main Street 519-235-1232 Register now for courses. gliearnnetA/Ork .Ca Learn where you live . vL4%..,. r.glf+�.a.wi.', .•acv ft•..4 ...'••..--.w,..1.:+•f.Y.s.aw ril