Gingerbread House Blog

The Gingerbread House Blog covers All Things Gingerbread!

We share our favorite recipes, tips on icing and decorating, free patterns and templates, and photos of gingerbread houses from plain to intricate to down-right strange.

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candy marshmallows cereal etc.

I bought way to much candy etc. for decorating my g.b. house. How can I store the candy,etc. for next year

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I did it !!!!

This year, I proudly told my friends and family that I (yes that's right , I Miss Kristy) was going to conquer making a gingerbread house! When I announced

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A Visit to Christmas Town

Made for Pittsburgh PPG Display 201

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Ideas for Fences

Can anyone give me more ideas for fences? I've already used: pretzels, long candies, short candies.... I was thinking of some kind of farm yard type fence

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expiration date

how do you find the expiration date on a Gingerbread House Kit? ( Michaels' exclusive

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The best runny icing

500grams icing sugar 5tbps lemon juice (your choice) 2tbsp soft butter Mix half the juice and the butter until smooth then add the sugar bit by bit. Then

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Great danes head

I made this cake for a friends daughters 21st, she loved the cake and didn't want to cut it..

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trawler cake in fruit cake

I made this cake for a very dear friend, it has not yet been cut as he has it on display made October 2011

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Welder

I made this cake for one of my sons birthdays, it was the forth cake I had made..he loved it

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Gola bag

I made this cake for one of my daughters birthdays, it was tbe third cake I had made.

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ben 10 & hello kitty

I made these cakes for a friends two children.

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Camera and reels.

I made this cake for one of my sons birthdays, it was the second cake I had made.

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Pauls boutique bag I made.

I made this bag for my daughters birthday, it was the first cake I had ever made.

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Ozzy cake

I made this cake for our youngest daughter who is Ozzy's no 1 fan, she still has the Ozzy figure we made out of chocolate, it's only a year old..ew

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Gingerbread Castle Kit

Would you buy this Gingerbread Castle Kit? If there's enough interest, we may be able to offer this castle kit in a few months.

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Try a Gingerbread House Kit for a simple way to get in the Holiday spirit!

A Gingerbread House Kit gives you all the FUN with none of the hassle! Browse our kits and read info on what to look for in a kit and even how to make your own gingerbread kits.

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Gemma's first attempt

This was a gift for someone I made it with sugar windows and battery operated lights inside thanks Gemma

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Christmas Village

This was a family effort between myself and my 9 and 10yr old daughters

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First Ever Gingerbread House

This was the first gingerbread house I had ever made (had not even made one from the kits). I used the free basic gingerbread house template and scaled

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Under The Sea

I made this cake for my little girl's first birthday...some of the decoration's were made out of fondant and others of gumpaste..

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Basic FREE Gingerbread House

The only gingerbread house I've contributed to before was pretty much directed by my mother, when I was about 10 years old. She constructed an elaborate,

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Santa's Beach House

We decorate a gingerbread house every year (cheating before--using a cardboard cut-out house and covering with graham crackers). This year was our first

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Crumbly Dough

I refrigerated my gingerbread dough overnight and it's still crumbly. Can I soften it up to still use it

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Gingerbread Dough

I have gingerbread dough in my fridge and of course its hard how do i make it soft again after days in the fridg

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gingerbread house icing

Is it safe to eat the icing that comes with the gingerbread house kits

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Gingerbread Cottage From 'Down Under'

Every year for Christmas my Aunty makes a gingerbread house and this year I wanted to make my first gingerbread house at the age of 13 and hope to compete

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Gingerbread dough cracking when rolled?

I've left my gingerbread dough overnight wrapped tight in clingfilm to allow it to soften, but when I try and roll it out, it keeps cracking and splitting.

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Gingerbread Mix

What do I do if my Gingerbread Mix is crumbling apar

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Freezing baked gingerbread cookies

How do I freeze gingerbread boys (baked from a mix) 1 week prior to decorating?

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left out of the fridge

Hi, I'm a student and I made gingerbread dough at school for cooking class but forgot it in my locker. I wont be returning to school for about 2 weeks.

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