STAR CITY 鈥� Star City resident Candyace Blaire thought a mistake was made when she found out a pie she donated to a fundraiser sold for $5,000.
The flapper pie was sold in Prince Albert at Make-A-Wish Saskatchewan鈥檚 An Evening with the Stars on Nov. 17, which included a dinner, a dance and silent auction.
Blaire is no stranger to baking.
鈥淚 used to cook at the golf course in Melfort and now I don鈥檛 but I had a lot of experience with pies,鈥� Blaire said. 鈥淎nd then when my husband and I found out it鈥檚 for Make-A-Wish, such a good cause, you know?鈥�
Blaire鈥檚 original plan was just to bid $300 and get back the pie she made, as a way to give a donation. It turned out her pie was quite a bit more valuable than that.
鈥淭hen they texted back it went for $5,000 and I said to my husband, 鈥榓re you sure, let me see, they must have made a mistake with the zeros.鈥欌��
They texted back, confirming no mistake was made.
鈥淭he highest bidder got the first choice of pie and Gord Broda, from Broda Construction in Prince Albert, paid $5,000 for Candy鈥檚 flapper pie,鈥� said Allyson Toye, regional manager with Make-A-Wish Saskatchewan. 鈥淚t surpassed our expectations. We were hoping to make $1,000 at the dessert auction, so the evening was a huge success for us.鈥�
That night 15 desserts were auctioned making $14,000 for Make-A-Wish, and the evening itself raised $28,000.
鈥淲e鈥檙e working on 79 wishes in the province of Saskatchewan and the average with costs $10,000 and we鈥檙e always looking at additional funds and we thought, 鈥榟ey let鈥檚 do a dessert auction.鈥欌��
Blaire said she chose flapper due to the popularity of the flavour.
鈥淚t tends to be a popular pie, and I wouldn鈥檛 have to make the pie crust that night because it鈥檚 on a graham crust. It tends to be a favorite of people,鈥� Blaire said. 鈥淛ust my same old recipe, totally from scratch that I鈥檝e made all the years that I鈥檝e been cooking.鈥�
鈥淲e didn鈥檛 expect it to go for that at all, but it鈥檚 absolutely wonderful that it did and I hope that they enjoyed it,鈥� Blaire said. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e made to be enjoyed.鈥�
