Christmas Gingerbread House Recipe
Christmas is coming, how exciting! I love the carols, trees, twinkling lights, advent calendars and of course the kids’ delighted faces on Christmas morning.
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Christmas Gingerbread House Recipe
Makes enough dough to make one house using this silicone mould.
125g (4.41 ounces) or 1/2 cup plus 2 tsp brown sugar
180g (6.35 ounces) or 3/4 cup plus 1 Tbsp unsalted butter
300g (10.58 ounces) or 3/4 cup plus 3 Tbsp golden syrup or you can use treacle
1 tspn ground cinnamon
1 ½ Tbsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp ground cloves
500g (17.64 ounces) or 3 cups and 3 Tbsp plain (or all purpose) flour
Preheat your oven to 170°C (338 degrees Fahrenheit).
Beat the butter, sugar, golden syrup and spices on low speed for a couple of minutes
Add the flour and mix until it forms a nice dough.
Split the dough between the sections of the house as shown in the video and push down into the mould.
Place the moulds onto baking trays and bake for 20 minutes, swapping the trays after 10 minutes.
Gingerbread House Icing Recipe
1kg (2.2 pounds) or 7 and 3/4 cups plus 3 Tbsp icing sugar
50g (1.76 ounces) powdered egg white or 114g (4.02 ounces) pavlova magic mix (one packet)
100millilitres (3.38 fluid ounces) water
plus an additional 2 – 5 Tbsp of water to get the correct consistency
To decorate the gingerbread house as shown in the video you will need:
1 packet of mint leaves
white fondant
green gel food colour
red fondant
10 red and 10 green Smarties
soft sugar pearls to decorate the tree
375g (13.23 ounces) or 2 1/2 cup white chocolate melts
50g (1.76 ounces) or 1/3 cup milk chocolate melts
1 packet hundreds and thousands
1 tube mini M&M’s
icing sugar for dusting the snow
2014
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Hi Ann,
My name is Cynthia from Chicago(USA).i am a die hard fan of your site and love learning from your videos every week and have recommended your site to all my friends who love to bake. Thank you for your video on Elsa cake and bonus video on making the jello and snowflakes, I will be making this for my lovely daughters 7th birthday on the 27th of December who is all into Elsa and wanted an Esla themed party this year.I would like to win the Breville mixer as I do not have one and this has been in my wish list for a long time and would make a perfect gift for Christmas for our family.
Thank you and Blessings,
Cynthia
Dear Ann,
Hi my name is Amy and I am 14 years old from Australia Melbourne. I love cooking and want every kind of mixer that would help. I love what I cook and want to do everything to make it better, I love your tips and food that you make and wish I could become a great cook like you one day. In the future I want to be a great cook and cake decorator, I love what I do. I would love to win the mixer so I can make my life easier and not have as much washing up to do. I love you and hope this tells you a little about me and what i want to be.
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Hi Ann, my name is Marita and I live in New Zealand.
I love baking and decorating cakes for people and a Breville mixer would help so much as all I have is a handheld mixer/beater.
I love watching your tutorials and all your tips and helpful information.
Thanks and I look forward to your next video.
Marita 🙂
Hi Anne, my name is Puja and I live in California, USA and love baking and would love to win this mixer since I’m trying to open my own home based baking business and this would be one huge help.
Thanks
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My name is Lina,nI live in Mississauga, Ontario Canada and I am 11 years old. You might be wondering that I am too young to have a stand mixer, but I have been dreaming of having one in my kitchen ever since I started baking, 6 years ago. Youtube channels like yours have always made me dream if one day I could be just like you, you are my biggest inspiration! When I watch your channel, How to cook that, every moment I am mesmerized by your skills. Every video I watch of yours I fell as if I am getting better and better at baking. You have given me important tips I use in my daily baking experiences. My dream is to make all these fantasy’s into reality. The career I have chosen is to be a baker. I know if I win this Breville Stand Mixer it will be another step forward to pursuing my dream career of being a baker. I impatiently wait for every new video to come on youtube every Friday. I have made most of the treats that you have recipes on, and personally my favourite one was when you made the fruit dessert with cream and a strawberry purée. Thank you so much for making me the baker I am today!
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Hi Ann.
My name is minjoo. I am from New Zealand and I would like to win the two wonderful prizes because I’ve done quite a lot of typing for the last two years and gotten nothing. I have been wishing and wishing to win a prize when I do these thing for my other cooking subscribers but I geuss luck isnt on my side for these things. But anyways thank you for your awsome videos. The first cake i’ve ever actually made by my self was your sponge cake. My mum was so impressed of me. And once again thank you and I wish this time luck will hopefuliy be on my side. Thanks a lot :).
Dear Ann
I am from Atlanta, Georgia (USA) and have just recently discovered all the fantastic cake decorating videos on you tube. I would love to win the Breville mixer because (1) I have never won anything and (2) the mixing paddle looks amazing. I have used my Kitchen Aid mixer for so long it is about to go to mixer heaven. I make a lot of wedding and special occasion cakes — most of my clients can’t afford to pay me full price so I usually charge just for the cost of ingredients. I don’t mind charging so little because I just love baking and decorating. I wish I had seen your Elsa cake video last January when I made an Elsa cake for my granddaughter. Thank you for your wonderful videos and making everything look so easy. I have learned so much from your videos.
Hi Ann I’ve recently just discovered your site while doing a search on how to make a Hello Kitty cake and I’m spending too much time on it already! Pleasant surprise that your from Australia as me & my Aussie family now live in Canada after living in Melbourne & Perth.
I’d love to win one of those Breville Mixers simply because I love Breville products. Having lived in Oz we know of it’s quality and reliability. I’ve not seen their mixers before watching your video and I’m impressed by its features {that little timer is so handy!} We cannot live without our Breville coffee machine & juicer – so glad we could get them in North America!
I live in the United States and would love to win the mixer. The mixing paddle that scrapes the bowl is one of my favorite features. I have a granddaughter who has developed a love for the culinary arts, what a great machine to further teach her on and pass down.
Hello Ann,
My name is Carey and I live in Tempe, Arizona, USA. I was so thrilled to see that you are offering a Breville standup mixer. I have been in need of a larger standup mixer for years. My husband always complains that it takes me forever to make my cakes. I tell him it’s because we only have a four quart mixer bowl on our mixer. If I make large cakes (ie. two tiers or more) it takes me awhile to make the cake batters and frostings, because I can not double the recipes. I have had to turn down friends to make cakes for them because I knew it would take days to prepare. Having a larger standup mixer like the Breville you are offering would help me greatly with cutting down on time for my cake making, as has all of your videos. Thank you so much for all the great ideas and suggestions you provide for novice bakers like myself who love to bake.
hi my name is Pamela and I live in Ohio love watching your videos and I would love to have one of the mixers because I love to bake for family and friends and have always made my grandchildren there birthday cakes each year also love spending time with my grandkids showing them how to bake and cook ,this would make baking and cooking so much easier. thanks for the chance of winning PAMELA
Hi Ann. I live just north of Newcastle in Australia. I have been making Gingerbread
Houses every Christmas for the past 24 years. I mix them by hand. I couldn’t believe how much easier it would be with the Breville Stand Mixer. I have been inspired by your video to make some changes to the decorating I do. I have never owned a Stand Mixer but have always wanted one. I am sure that there are plenty of people in Australia who would love this mixer but I could certainly put it to good use. Thanks for the inspiration.
Hi Ann,
I am from Perth Australia. I love watching your videos. I have become interested in chocolate and caking making recently. I have learned a lot of skills and techniques from your step by step videos. They are very helpful processes for a beginner! I would love to win the mixer and scale because I mix by hand, use a non digi scale to weight right now. it’d be great to have the Breville mixer and pro scale which will definitely improve my chocolate and caking making efficiency!
Thank you so much for offering this opportunity to us who love watching your videos
Hi Ann,
I love your channel! There are so many excellent tips you provide. I love baking and decorating so I devour your videos! Thank you so much! I’m about to make your Elsa cake in a few weeks & I’m really excited. I can’t wait to try the sugar veil. I would love a Breville mixer! It would help me make more fabulous cakes for my girls & my family.
Thank you for the opportunity to enter such a great competition. All the best to you & happy baking.
Cheers,
Marketa 🙂
Sorry, I forgot to say that I’m in Sydney, Australia.
Hi Ann,
I love your channel! There are so many excellent tips you provide. I love baking and decorating so I devour your videos! Thank you so much! I’m about to make your Elsa cake in a few weeks & I’m really excited. I can’t wait to try the sugar veil. I would love a Breville mixer! It would help me make more fabulous cakes for my girls & my family.
Thank you for the opportunity to enter such a great competition. All the best to you & happy baking.
Cheers,
Marketa 🙂
Hello Ann,
I am in Santa Cruz, California, in The United States of America!
First of all, I would like to give you a big Thank You.
All of your videos are so helpful.
You explain things in a no nonsense way that gives me confidence to do what I thought I could never do.
You don’t use a lot of fancy molds or gadgets that are expensive and only good for that one thing.
You make cake design, desserts, and chocolate accessible.
I love those Breville products you were using.
I have a Breville juicer that is fantastic.
I didn’t know Breville made a stand mixer.
That scraper blade is genius!
I would like to win a Breville stand mixer with the scraper blade so my cakes, cookies and desserts come out just as good as yours do!
Well, at least it would give me a fighting chance :]
Please keep the videos coming.
Sugar hugs and chocolate kisses,
Patti
From Canberra, Australia!
I would love a Breville stand mixer because I beat/whip/mix by hand, but I am right handed so my right biceps are exceptionally toned – whereas my left are still jiggly! Hahahah, really a Breville would be greatly appreciated, the scales too. Love your videos Ann, so cute and a wonderful inspiration to other Australian bakers.
Love Sophie.
hello ann. my name is maddison and I am 13 years old and from Australia WA! I have a passion for cooking, I just love it. I make birthday cakes and all types of snacks for my whole family and they all love it. when im older it would be my dream to become a cake maker and have my own business! I love watching all your videos, they inspire me to get creative and have a try. I would love to win this because I can cook even more and get creation!!
thankyou sooo much! this would help me a lot!!
hello ann. my name is maddison and I am 13 years old and from Australia WA! I have a passion for cooking, I just love it. I make birthday cakes and all types of snacks for my whole family and they all love it. when im older it would be my dream to become a cake maker and have my own business! I love watching all your videos, they inspire me to get creative and have a try. I would love to win this because I can cook even more and get creation!!
thankyou sooo much! this would help me a lot!!
xx