Gingerbread

Last year, we made gingerbread houses for the fosterlings. They were good fun, and this year we decided to try something more challenging. It has been.

Can you tell what it is yet?

Parts for the Gingerbread House (© Ian 2012)

Parts for the Gingerbread House (© Ian 2012)

Yesterday we spent making the templates, and baking most of the gingerbread: today we finished baking, and assembled everything.

The 2012 Gingerbread House (© Ian 2012)

Eight kilos of sugar, flour, ginger, and nuts later, a scale replica of Jenny & Philip's house and garden, with a minimum of artistic license. The conservatory was a trigonometry exercise for me (I had to resort to long unused vector maths to work out the triangles involved...), while Liz is responsible for the marzipan and angelica plants, and the chocolate trees.

Jenny & Philip's House in Gingerbread (© Ian 2012)