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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

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  3. Dear Kitchen Aid Santa;

    I would really like a Kitchen Aid mixer for Christmas. I have always wanted one and have admired them for years upon the shelves at my local stores. Any color would be fine, but I really like the red one.

  4. I was sent over by my friend Jamie Waugh! I’ve been dreaming of a mixer like that since I got married over 7 years ago! Sadly, I am still using the hand mixer that was given to me at my shower instead of the KitchenAid that I registered for. Someday…

  5. ME ME ME ME!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE <3!!! YES YES YES YES!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!! 😀

  9. Has been dreaming of owning a KA for the longest time! Hope can receive it as a Xmas gift.

    Thanks

  10. Yvonne Gettins told me about the mixer giveaway, but she didn’t tell me about these amazing Gingerbread houses. They are gorgeous! I think it’s time for me to make some Royal Icing. 🙂

  15. omgoodness! those we houses are just divinely adorable! i’d love to win the kitchenaid mixer so that i could try your recipes! 🙂 thank you!

  19. Just found your blog because my friend posted a link on facebook. So excited that I found it today because we’re making gingerbread houses this week. Would definitely be easier with the new Ultimate KitchenAid! 🙂

  20. My 4 and 8 year old daughters and I have been decorating gingerbread houses for Christmas since they were born. It is our favorite thing to do! And I do love Kitchenaid!! They are the best!

  22. Hi, I need it! My mixer is broken..:( and this is so lovely! Jualiana Pereira told me about the Giveaway.

  25. Kitchen Aides are the best, I love em.

    I was sent here by Emily Burraston.

    Thank you everyone, Merry christmas

  28. I need a new one. I am using my Grandmothers, which is over 30 years old. And my friend Joanne Galatola Nunziante can use a new one for all her baking needs. Please let us win. Merry Christmas and Happy baking to all.

  29. I really think I need this beautiful KitchenAid to prepare this wonderful royal icing for my 4 year old daughter’s gingerbread house!

  31. This almost felt like a scavenger hunt where one was delighted at everything!!! I love baking, especially gingerbread this time of year. I have been doing this for over 30 years. I would love to win the Kitchen Aid Mixer because my daughter needs it and that is the only one she would settle for. Thank you and above all, have a very Merry Christmas, from my family to yours <3

  32. What a beautiful website! Very inspirational to get me to decorate a gingerbread house. 🙂
    I would love a kitchenaid!

  33. The red mixer would be perfect…thank you to Jessie Bates for recommending this site!

  34. p.s. If you’d like to never miss a post, and/or receive more tips on cookie decorating, click on this button below to sign up for free:

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  37. I would love a mixer! I’ve been following your tutorials for ages (and posting the results to your Facebook page), but still don’t have this essential piece of kit :o/

  38. This would be an awesome Holiday surprise! I love baking and this is on my wish list! I would love to win the Kitchenaid Mixer! WoooooWhooo! 🙂

  39. Such beautiful gingerbread houses! I hope to get to at least one this year! The kitchen aid is gorgeous too!

  40. OH i’m so inspired!!! Jennifer McGray told me about the contest. we would have so much fun baking and decorating with her little girls!!

  43. I would love that mixer in red. That red is gorgeous!!

    Your gingerbread houses are beautiful! I love the pastel one!

  47. Wow! The Gingerbread Houses are perfect! So beautiful! I loved the video! Thanks for the giveaway!

  50. I´m in love with your gingerbread houses, so sweet. Obviously I´m in love with a Kitchen Aid too and I would like it travel until México directly to my home. I would be my best Christmas gift.
    I´m here by Bea of Cancun Cookies. Thanks!!

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