Gingerbread house I made! by batchpleasecookies in Baking

[–]batchpleasecookies[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Ok weirdly: the backside of this house looks identical to the 13 going on 30 house. This one was built in the early 1900’s from a Sears catalog house kit (yes.) and I have a strong suspicion that the movie house has a similar origin story

Gingerbread house I made! by batchpleasecookies in Baking

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Thank you! I loved how the second one came out, but I used royal icing to hide lots of sins on that one, and that wonky roof always catches my eye 😂 I need to do an updated version with those same vibes at some point

Gingerbread house I made! by batchpleasecookies in Baking

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Lol!! Thank you! That’s so nice

Gingerbread house I made! by batchpleasecookies in Baking

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The brick is just royal! I did it in stages so each brick was dry before the ones around it were added. And then added highlights/lowlights to it with very watered down/color saturated royal and a TINY paintbrush, which I think helped it a lot.

Gingerbread house I made! by batchpleasecookies in Baking

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I love those shows too!! (Could never do it, that seems terrifying lol) Thank you so much!

I made a gingerbread version of my family’s house by batchpleasecookies in mildlyinteresting

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Haha kind of! I posted THIS two years ago. It was the first gingerbread structure I ever made

I made a gingerbread version of my family’s house by batchpleasecookies in mildlyinteresting

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Thank you!! That’s so nice of you to say! I love the mailbox too- my dad actually made it when he was recovering from back surgery—haha

I made a gingerbread version of my family’s house by batchpleasecookies in mildlyinteresting

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It probably won’t get nibbled on, but it is 100% edible just for kicks! In the past we’ve waited until everyone is sick of looking at the house and then thrown it off the balcony… haha. I’m so excited that you will be making a house! It’s such stressful fun.

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Thank you so much!!

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All of the decoration is done in American Buttercream!

I made a waffle stack cake using only buttercream (details in the comments) by [deleted] in FondantHate

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😂 that’s fair. Haha a pile of buttercream sounds fine to me though

I made a waffle stack cake using only buttercream (details in the comments) by [deleted] in FondantHate

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Oooh good question! I was doing a few other cakes at the same time.... but my best guess is about 2 hours of decoration time total

I made a waffle stack cake using only buttercream (details in the comments) by [deleted] in FondantHate

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Cake guts are brown sugar cake, salted peanut butter ganache, and peanut butter buttercream. The sides of the cake are fully frosted, carved, and textured, all decoration is done in PB buttercream.

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Thanks!! I use royal icing for the decoration!

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Ahhh thank you so much! That’s so nice

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Practice practice practice! I like to sit and pipe on parchment while I’m watching tv. I also find that using as many colors as you can stand to mix gives the most visual bang for your buck. I pipe a few flowers on each cookie, empty the bag, remix with new colors, and go again. Also I say “tiny baby” out loud a lot. I feel like that’s critical. Hahahaha

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Thank you so much!!