![]() If you’re using crackers as a base and working with small children, it is often easier for parents to “glue” aka ice the houses together at least a few hours ahead. When hardened, you’ll be able to see the fish clearly. You can melt the candy into a pond for skaters or toss a few orange fish crackers into the hot candy. This can be done by using inexpensive hard candy in either white or blue. Images of Unusual or Non-Gingerbread HousesĪ great addition to a gingerbread house scene is adding a skating or fishing pond. *Just look in your cupboard and use your imagination for so much more! ![]() Large marshmallows (works great for snowmen) Sugar cones (used for steeples, trees, etc.) Lifesavers (wreaths, trees, windows, etc.) Round crackers (great for wreaths, windows, lollipops, bushes, etc.) Here is a basic list of decorating add-ons: You’d be amazed at how much money you can save. If you are as frugal as this writer, you’ll be collecting your garnishments during the after- Halloween sales of candy. Graham Crackers or any other square/rectangular onesĬhocolate Bars (Thicker ones work better)īread slices (either browned well or set out the night before to harden) Garnishments for Decorating Your Scene Small pretzel rods (good for smaller houses, fencing, railroad tracks, street lights, etc.) Large pretzel rods (great for log houses) Here are possible base building supplies: Building Supplies that are not Gingerbread ![]() In fact, there are at least 10 different varieties of recipes that can work well as “cement.” Icings that have any fat (margarine, butter, shortening), usually will not harden enough, so they will not be appropriate. There are recipes that are eggless and can still do a good job “gluing” your pieces together well. 2) You need a great Royal Icing recipe in order to secure things quickly. 1) It should be made of all edible ingredients – anything else is sorta cheating. Most people agree, there are a few “rules” to making a gingerbread house or village. If you’re hankering to make a few gingerbread houses but don’t really want to buy the pre-fab house parts or make your own gingerbread pieces, there are so many other ways to build a “gingerbread” house. Image courtesy of The Pretzel Eater’s Club. We arranged our houses on a cake stand like a little village and sprinkled dry coconut flakes liberally to look like fresh snow.Pretzels work great for building a “gingerbread” house. To decorate: We started by trimming the houses with white chocolate, then we used white chocolate as the “glue” to attach candy to the houses. TIP: I recommend using high-quality melting chocolate like these Ghirardelli White Chocolate Wafers (we’ve tried the cheap stuff and it’s a mess) and candy decorating bags for easier handling. Once we popped out cakes out of their molds, we decorated them with white chocolate, candy, and coconut “snow.” This part is left up to your imagination! This will give you a flat surface when you flip the cake houses over onto a plate. Bake at 350☏ for 30-35 minutes.Īllow cakes to cool, then trim any cake that rose above the mold. Pour in molds, but take care not to fill entirely to the top to prevent overflow (leave about 1/4″). (Adding egg while mixture is still hot may cook the egg).Īdd dry ingredients to liquid mixture. Once this mixture cools, add egg and stir. Stir until liquids are well incorporated. In a separate larger mixing bowl combine butter, molasses, brown sugar, and boiling water. Mix all dry ingredients except brown sugar in a medium mixing bowl and set aside. We used these Mini House Silicon Cake Molds and they worked like a charm! Baked perfectly and every house came right out in one piece! TIP: Greasing baking molds (even non-stick silicon molds) will ensure that your cakes pop out easily and will create a gorgeous golden brown outer layer.
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