CBC recently released a segment on the Canada Day cake tradition led by NC Baking and Pastry Arts Program Coordinator and Professor Catherine O’Donnell, owner of Willow Cakes & Pastries.
For more than 20 years, O’Donnell has created a massive cake and paraded it down Queen Street in Niagara-on-the-Lake each July 1 for the community to enjoy.
The segment follows O’Donnell as she transports the cake to Simcoe Park, where 3,000 people gathered to celebrate and share a slice. O’Donnell credits NC and its students for helping bring the cake to life and lending facilities to bake the cake.
Listen to the July 1 segment here.
