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Gingerbread House Royal Icing {Video} & KitchenAid 7-Quart Mixer {Giveaway!}

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6 batches of my gingerbread recipe…

4 batches or 4 kg of royal icing…

and goodness knows how much candy later…

is what it took to make the 7 simple and whimsical gingerbread houses & gingerbread dollhouse facade I had planned to make this year.

I’m so happy I just managed to get them all done!

They’re why I haven’t posted in a while, but I wouldn’t have managed to even make them as fast as I did without my new, 7-quart bowl-lift KitchenAid mixer.

Sigh. It is a thing of beauty.

Not only is it pretty to look at, it’s pretty powerful too. It had no problem mixing the 6 batches of gingerbread I mentioned earlier. Amount-wise, with this mixer, I only had to make the dough twice! (3 batches at a time). For the royal icing, I only had to make 2 double-batches and still have leftover icing which I’ll use for decorated cookies.

To show you how I made the icing in my new mixer, I finally made another video – here’s a how-to on making royal icing for your gingerbread houses:

{Video} How to Make Royal Icing for Gingerbread Houses

Click here if you can’t see the video.

If you’d like to make royal icing for your gingerbread house(s), and would like printable recipes, I’ve included a single and double batch recipe here for you, as well as a classic royal icing recipe made with egg-whites especially for those of you who can’t find meringue powder. The first two recipes listed here are adapted from cakecentral.com’s user Antonia74. The recipe made with egg whites is adapted from the author of Gingerbread for All Seasons, Teresa Layman.

You can find a template for a gingerbread house and a video on how I put the house together, HERE.

I bought most of my candy at Old Thyme Confections HERE.

Royal Icing Recipe for Gingerbread Houses (One or Two Batches)

Click here for the Printable Recipe

Royal Icing Recipe Made with Egg-Whites

Click here for the Printable Recipe  THE PRINTABLE RECIPE HAS A TYPO! IT SHOULD SAY 1 KILOGRAM (KG) ICING SUGAR, NOT 1 pound (lb).

Classic Royal Icing Made with Egg Whites Sweetopia

A quick note about royal icing – if you’d like more information on how to store it, how long it lasts etc., please click here and for a video on find royal icing consistency for decorating cookies, please click here.

It was completely worth the one hour’s drive to Toronto to buy the mixer (I had to drive there to get one as it’s a new model and the residential model is exclusively available to Williams-Sonoma right now. The NSF commercial mixer is more readily available. You can find it on Amazon here), as the amount of icing I went through for the houses and the facade was really something!

You might be wondering by now what a ” gingerbread dollhouse facade” is. In fact, I didn’t know what to call it, so I just kind of made the name up. I know you’re not supposed to play with your food, but I couldn’t resist making a little gingerbread “house” that our H-banana could play with this Christmas. Truth be told I had wanted to make an all edible interior too, but time-wise, that was just not going to happen. I can’t wait to see how she reacts.

And another confession, I’m not sure who’s going to enjoy her gift more, her or I. Lol. I think I’ve fallen in love with miniatures.

I mean, really. Those little cookies are barely 1 cm long.

And oh my goodness, a little sieve and whisk! I want to try sifting flour with it! (No, haven’t done it yet… stress the yet).

By the way, there’s a tiny version of something in the ‘gingerbread dollhouse facade’ that I’ll possibly be giving you for Christmas – except it will be adult size.  Can you guess what it is? Chances are, if you’ve read the title of this post, you already know 😉 .

You got it!

Ultimate 7-Quart KitchenAid Mixer Giveaway!

To celebrate the Holiday season and help you with your Christmas baking, I am hosting a giveaway for TWO 7-quart Ultimate KitchenAid Mixers!

You’ll be able to chose from the following available colours:

I am so excited and thankful that KitchenAid is sponsoring this giveaway for you! Good luck!

Here’s how to enter:

You have at least five chances of winning – each option below gives you one chance, and you’re about to see how there are even more possibilities.

Either use Facebook or your name and email to enter the contest below.


a Rafflecopter giveaway

The contest is not running on Facebook and although I appreciate your comments on my Facebook page, those comments will not be entered into the draw. Again, you must leave your comments here.

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Announcing the Winner of the *TWO* 7-Quart KitchenAid Mixers!

First of all, thank you to all of you who entered; I was delighted and touched by your sweet, funny and passionate responses.

I really WISH I could give away as many mixers as there were entries; you dedicated bakers and sweet-tooths deserve it!

There is one winning comment number though, and it is:

Congratulations!!

The winner is Nicole Irwin Cross, entry #16,754!

Please contact me with the best way to reach you so that you can claim your prizes.

Thank you to ALL of you how entered! Blessings to you this holiday season!

xo,

Marian

Don’t miss out!

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Comments

  1. I would absolutely LOVE to win this mixer!! Oh, the baking that would go on in my house!! 🙂

  4. Jenn Fields told me about the mixer give away. I cannot imagine the fabulous things she would do if we won the mixers! Was fun looking at your adorable gingerbread houses.

  6. Amazing! Thanks so much for the tutorial and a great prize to chance. You’ve got a new fan courtesy of Gwen from Sweetart 🙂

  10. Have 4 girls that I have to teach how to cook. I could teach every aspect of cooking with a KitchenAid Mixer and all of it’s wonderful attachments! Would love to be able to hear I need to pick a color. Of course, my girls and I would have to decide together. 🙂

  11. Winning this would be an awesome addition to my kitchen, especially with all the large cake orders I’m receiving. Thanks for this fab giveaway. Fingers, toes and eyes crossed I win! :o)

  13. Oh my! These little houses are beautiful! I definitely would love to win one of theses Mixers! I have an aspiring young kitchen diva in my home and she asked for the red KitchenAid Mixer for Christmas! it would be well used a ay help launch a budding career of a young pastry chef, please please pick me!! Every young pastry chef to be needs a beautiful red KitchebAid mixer!

  18. I would LOVE to win one of these beauties. I am more than prepared to pay postage costs also. Please, please, please, pick me!

  24. OMG…The gingerbread houses are amazing…so is the KitchenAid 7qt. Mixer in red Color…..I wud love to win it..and pay the international shipping…

  26. Gorgeous ginger bread houses..cant wait to try your recipe..having a mixer sure doesnt hurt too! 🙂

  27. Love your site and recipes! Kathryn Nelson sent me to enter your contest for the Kitchen Aid mixers. I can guarantee that there will be two extremely thrilled winners! Best wishes everyone and have a very blessed Christmas! :0)

  29. Ahh the KA stand mixer..every home baker’s dream gadget..great giveaway and good luck to everyone! 😀

  30. Love the red mixer to give to my mom as a Christmas gift…she deserves every bit of it. Thx for hosting :0)

  33. Oooh! A Kitchenaid has been on my wishlist for ages! But since my husband doesn’t seem to get the clue I’m trying my luck here 🙂 A shiny red one would look great in our first house together…

  34. I NEED that mixer 🙂 and I really want that mixer, baking would be so much more of a pleasure with it. please pick me.
    I’m in love with your gingerbread houses, beautiful work.
    Merry Christmas

  37. I love your work!!!……..I love Kitchen Aid!!!,……….winning one of these would really make my Christmas!!! :o)

  38. My wife would love to win this, it would be the best surprise ever I know she has wanted one forever. Thanks to Priscilla Strickland for sharing this with me. I hope we both win.

  41. ohhh!!!,…….I forgot to mention that I would like my Kitchen Aid in candy apple red 🙂

  43. I just discovered your blog and I love it. This weekend I will be decorating my gingerbread house! Merry Christmas!
    The black kitchen Aid machine would be perfect to my kitchen!

  44. I would love to win this mixer! Every year I have my very own Gingerbread House Making Party, and would love to mix this years icing in one of these delightful mixers!

  46. I would really, really love to have the mixer! It would transform my baking and save my tired mixing arm.

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