The flatpack gingerbread house.
December 30, 2008
Merry Christmas!
Well the gingerbread house worked after all. Safely transported from Sydney to Woodend as a pre-fab cushioned by lollies and icing sugar. I spent Christmas eve constructing the gingerbread house under the watchful eye of my brother-in-law. As a builder, he was quite concerned about my dodgey engineering and the structural integrity of the house but enough gooey royal icing mixture and holding bits in place does the trick every time.
I finishecd it off with a snowfall of icing sugar but sadly got carried away with Xmas day and forgot to take a photo of the final product. Still it was a big hit with the kids big and small.
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December 30, 2008 at 8:47 AM
It’s a work of art – what dodgy engineering? I’d live in it!
December 16, 2009 at 1:50 PM
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