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Gingerbread house part 2. Assembly

Posted by sol in craftulence, cuisine or at least food on the plate, I wanted to be an architect

UPDATE: (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FINISHED HOUSE! TOO COOL!!!!)

UPDATE 2: (CLICK HERE TO SEE A WHOLE GINGERBREAD TOWN!!!!)

I went with caramel, eyeballed caramel: around one cup of sugar, the juice of half a lemon, a little bit of water I’d say less than 1/4 cup. It worked great, but it was a bit messy. The good part is that it becomes rock solid almost instantly, so you don’t need any sort of scaffolding to keep the thing up.

gingerbreadhouse_1

All set!

gingerbreadhouse_2

Nice, albeit a bit crooked.

gingerbreadhouse_3

there! Just 10 minutes, start to finish, and very few minor burns….

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7 Responses to “Gingerbread house part 2. Assembly”

  1. Added by Katie on December 17th, 2009 at 11:17 am

    I’ve got a hard task, and NO TIME aaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh!

  2. Added by Cristin on December 17th, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    We made a gingerbread house… from a kit. All the pieces were pre made and ready for assembly. It is perfectly symmetrical and structurally sound.

    Yours looks way better.

  3. Added by sol on December 17th, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    Cristin if the kids are helping, the kits is the way to go… I cannot imagine handling molasses and rolling dough with Damiano “helping” me. No way.

  4. Added by Chris on December 19th, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    I love your gingerbread house!, I think it has more character than the Martha house. I always used frosting for glue before and it never works well.

  5. Added by Araceli on December 30th, 2009 at 10:22 pm

    Congratulations dear!
    Very nice your gingerbread house.

    What do you do with the sugar that falls through the walls of the house??

    It’s just a questions, cause I wanna do a gingerbread house for my sisters birthday (5th january)!
    I hope you can answer me soon, so that you can help me!

    xoxo from Argentina! (Southamerica)

  6. Added by sol on January 1st, 2010 at 7:38 pm

    hi Araceli, since the house is to be decorated with icing and candies, the caramel drippings are not a big issue.

  7. Added by maximo golden on November 23rd, 2011 at 3:00 pm

    Hay, i think it cool.
    is OK if i copy. so i can make it for my little girl?

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