Dear all,
For my mum's birthday I made her a gingerbread house! I've never made one before, it was so much fun! And tasty too (says my mum, I didn't get a chance to have any). It was something I wanted to do because she was the one that gave me the mould but also, my parents are moving, so a gingerbread house seemed especially appropriate!
Here it is.
The basics of house-building: the pieces! Including a mummy, a daddy and... a tree. And then gluing time. I made my own royal icing for this, easier than expected and perfect for gluing the house together.
The first bit was a bit tricky, but the icing dried quick enough and really there was no danger of 'collapsing', so I went ahead and put the whole thing together in one go. Walls first, let that dry, then I put the roof on. Which I let dry before moving on to candy decorations.
I used a combination of the left over royal icing (of which I had tons!), cake decorations and candy I got in town to make the decorations.
My dad bought a boat because the new house is on the water - so I made a little fondant boat to go with the house. How cute is that!?
All done, I built a house! I wonder what next week will bring...
xoxo Jennifer
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