I hope you enjoyed my gingerbread house advent calendar! You might also enjoy Gingerbread House Dough Recipe & Baking Instructions Gingerbread House Designs Gingerbread House Decoration & Construction Gingerbread House Tutorials 30 Gingerbread House Ideas Click on any number below to … Continue reading
Gingerbread House Feature “Hansel & Gretel” Made by Debra Rodger & Carla Dobro I just love this gingerbread house competition entry that was made by Debra Rodger & Carla Dobro for the 2013 Boston Christmas Festival! From the classic Necco wafer roof to the … Continue reading
Gingerbread House Feature “The Tale of Despereaux Mouse World” Made by Melody Morse This gingerbread house made by Melody Morse won 1st place in the grand category of the 2010 Gingerbread City Competition in Del Mar, California. I was lucky enough to get … Continue reading
This amazingly realistic gingerbread competition piece made by Heather Plawski Lewis won 2nd place in the 2011 Grove Park Inn Gingerbread House Competition, the most prestigious gingerbread house competition in the U.S. It comes with a wonderful explanation of how they were … Continue reading
Gingerbread Creature Feature “Draco the Dragon” from the movie, Dragonheart Made by Tiffany Morse This incredible gingerbread cookie creature was crafted by Tiffany Morse, a fellow gingerbread house artist who I met in the California competition circuit. I think it’s … Continue reading
Gingerbread House Feature “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” Made by Cakes for Occasions Artists: Angela Petterson, Kate Rousselle, Janelle Hodge, Heather Sullivan, Caitlin Gallarelli, & Shelia Glidden, Kristen Paul-Stair, Reve Prapeall & Michelle Zeroulias I had the pleasure of getting to … Continue reading
Gingerbread House Feature “The Children Were Nestled All Snug In Their Beds” from The Night Before Christmas Made by Linda Carney VIDEO: Behind the Scenes with Linda Carney This award-winning gingerbread house, entitled, “The Children Were Nestled All Snug In Their … Continue reading
True story! When I was six years old, I wrote this letter to Santa: The letter came in this envelope: Which was full of clippings of toys that I wanted. For the record, I ended up getting the Easy Bake Oven … Continue reading
On the 23rd of December, in Santa’s workshop gingerbread house, the gumpaste reindeer start to get organized and pair off for the present run, deciding who’s going to pull the cookie sleigh in what order. Rudolph, Blitzen, and Santa have … Continue reading
Here is a modeling chocolate figurine sitting in a pool of pink royal icing beside her strawberry-colored swag-piped gingerbread house. This design includes an optional chimney attachment. Follow this link to read my Royal Icing Wreath Tutorial The highlight of the … Continue reading
Here is how I made the chocolate waterfall for the Wonka Candy Factory Gingerbread House. First, I created a DIY paper gingerbread house template for the whole structure. Here’s a look at how the waterfall element evolved from creation to completion. Once the … Continue reading
Embedded into one of the side walls of my giant Wonka Gingerbread Candy Factory, there was a bubble machine. To make the bubbles for my gingerbread cookie bubble machine, I first baked some small gingerbread cookie circles and different sized … Continue reading
Here’s how to build large gingerbread structures: by creating boxes and first allowing their sides to harden before adding roofs and stacking them. All the pieces should be decorated in advance and allowed to dry completely before assembly. It helps to designate an … Continue reading
If you look up close at this yellow, white, and green fancy gingerbread house, you can see that the vine patterns are seamlessly inlaid into the royal icing. All you need is a piping bag and toothpick. This effect was … Continue reading
Piping royal icing wreaths is a similar technique to piping royal icing fir trees. You can watch how a video on how to execute this technique in the book Gingerbread House Decoration & Construction. Next: Royal Icing Vine Inlay You might … Continue reading
Below are some photos of this over-piped blue gingerbread house in process. These pictures tell the story of how the white lattice and rose cluster decorations were created using royal icing, piping cones, and patience. The royal icing roses were … Continue reading
Here is a fancy blue gingerbread house with white lattice fixtures holding rose clusters. In the cake decorating realm, we call this form of piping over and over in layers the Lambeth Method. There are 7 layers of piped royal icing on … Continue reading
Once, I made a giant gingerbread house that looked like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory. There were all kinds of candies involved (vats of candy) and there were many singing Oompa Loompas. These edible munchkins were made of gumpaste. However the … Continue reading
Beep beep! I’m driving my gingerbread cookie car to work today. The trick to making a gingerbread cookie car is to first think about what kind of vehicle you would want to drive around in if you lived in gingerbread … Continue reading
A great way to include treats on a gingerbread house is to make edible candy holders for chocolates, chewing gum and suckers. Hollow Cookie Vats and Containers Round vats can be made by stacking hollow gingerbread rings on top of … Continue reading