I got this inexpensive gingerbread house kit from Ikea and asked daughter L to make it up for me. You have to make your own icing to decorate and then glue the gingerbread house pieces together. L found this wonderful gingerbread house icing recipe which uses only 3 ingredients, cream of tartar, icing sugar and egg whites. And of course, being Ikea this kit came with minimal assembly instructions in picture format!
Here is the result of L's efforts and our contribution to the Creative Tuesdays 'Christmas Gingerbread' theme:
22 comments:
Cute gingerbread house!
It's gorgeous! The baker here always has a huge one in the window, I'll try to get a photo of it! Hugs, Valerie
Love it! This is something I fantasize doing with future daughters during the Christmas holidays.
Very cute.
Oh it is so lovely. What a sweet house! So glad to see someone actually MAKE/sculpty something. Wodnerful! Now, Chrstine, i hope it tastes as good as it looks. :)
I think you should add some powdered sugar to the bottom to make it look like it's sitting on snow! Do you have snow this time of year? I would think so but maybe too close to the ocean?
such an awesome house
this turned out great! i love all the details...especially the rooftop!
Lovely Gingerbread House...it looks so delicate and lacy~
we got a long of snow maybe 6 inches yesterday morning, we are close to Lake Ontario, no oceans nearby here. Nice idea about the snow, maybe cotton wool another time!
That is really cute!
that looks good enough to eat! I like the heart on front of the house. I would get some m&m's and stick them everywhere for added color.
have a lovely day.
Looks great and inspiring. I haven't ever attempted a gingerbread house before.
H
Oh my! Looks awesome and simply fabulous!
Awww, that's so cute! You two did great, I love the heart.
first congratulations to your daughter for getting that together, with Ikea instructions, as we usually pieces of stuff left over when we put things together. It looks so good, what a great idea
Oh my gosh, great fun. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Hello dear Christine
I have been absent for way too long from the blogosphere, but when I return you are always my first port of call!
Adore this ginger bread house, very clever to put it together as IKEA items are not for the faint hearted.
Big hugs
Peggy xxxx
It looks good Christine ...
All the best Jan
Well there goes my Canadian geography! Lol. :)
no screws at all? Great for IKEA. he word pepparkaka means gingerbread. Fun they use Swedish words abroad.
Love your icing.
thanks for that translation!
thanks Peggy, great to have you stop by!
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