Jules. Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Wow, great gingerbread house . (In "making truffles" could you point out which of you is the kid, please .) The one wearing the glasses, of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Wow, Jules, I'm impressed! Obviously I should have used the melted sugar method after all! Never mind, maybe we'l try again next year Yours looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 I'll post my piccies soon. I've made a John Lewis house this year - supplied by them not a designer house decorated in a John Lewis style. It came with all sweets, icing and even the tray to assemble it in. Made life a lot easier as the icing ws ready made. In the past I have used Tate & Lyle's Royal icing sugar, all you need do is mix it with water, it takes about 5-10 minutes in a Kenwood Chef on mark 4. By hand it would take much longer. My only concern now is the egg white in it, I didn't look to see if they are from free range eggs Alternatively you could use ordinary icing sugar mixed with your own egg white and water, not sure of the quantities, will have to consult Delia S. But it does stick together well! If it starts to fall apart before the icing dries, try fixing the pieces in place with cocktail sticks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 25, 2007 Author Share Posted December 25, 2007 I make royal icing to stick it all together - I stopped using the royal icing mix as it contains battery eggs, and make it with icing sugar and egg white. The icicles are glass and attached with fishing line - the fruit is fake I made the arrangement up a couple of Christmasses ago and liked it so it stayed all year round. Glad you like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basset Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Wow, your gingerbread houses are lovely. We made a gingerbread house for Christmas too. The assembly went well (although it took a lot longer than expected, as we had to allow 3hrs for the walls to set, before putting the roof on, and then 2hrs for the roof to set before decorating). But we had lost interest by the time it came to decorating and it was a bit slap-dash !! Still it was good fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Well after ours collapsed and was eaten, the grandparents arrived with a present - a gingerbread train to build!!! I've hidden it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 We've eaten our house now. Because the ginger "bread" bisuit it was made from had been out in the open for a couple of days it was lovely & soft & chewy. When we put the house together it was very brittle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
