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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

  4. I love all the Kitchen Aid products and would love to win a new “Red Kitchen Aid Mixer”.

    I also love the cookies that you make. They are just so sweet.

  5. Those gingerbread houses are DARLING!!!! I have never made one and would love to make one with my grandbabies….As for the mixer….I would LOVE to have one of those!!!
    Thanks for the give-a-way….and good luck to everyone!!
    ….Sharon

  9. hi, im really exited about this give away esp. because my mixer is not working and need another one badly.Thank you for this chance to win,Marystella

  11. Hi Marian! I’m from Venezuela and I love your website and all of your decorations!!! specially the level of detail that you achieve on each single cookie, cupcake or cake. It’s simply amazing!!! Thank you for sharing all your sweet knowledge with us everyday :). Also, I’d love to win the kitchen aid. I bought mine a couple of years ago and it was the best purchase I’ve made in my life!! though it is a smaller one and I’m love to make even larger preparations. Thanks soooo much!!

  16. Like everyone else, I would love to win this mixer. At times my 6 qt Kitchen Aid just isn’t big enough. However, if I win, I would give my old Kitchen Aid to my neighbor since she keeps borrowing it. Happy Holidays!

  17. OHHH PICK ME,PICK ME..my Christmas wish forever has been to have the 7-quart bowl-lift Kitchen Aid mixer!! And the gingerbread houses are sooo adorable! FINGERS, TOES AND EYES CROSSED! Good Luck to ME AND MY SIS!:-)

  21. I would love a Kitchen Aid mixer but I am doing this more for the lovely Melissa Hew who recommended this website and makes gorgeous cookies. You’ve got talent now let’s get you the equipment you need!

  31. I would love a mixer for Christmas!!!!

    PS. Kerri from thatreallyfrostsme.com told me about this give way. Her blog has lots of example of what I could try with this mixer.

  34. I’d love to win this contest! Kitchen Aid makes things so much easier from what I’ve heard! Never had one, but have wanted one forever!

  37. I would love to win; this would somewhat save my Christmas Cheer. Just got my two week notice that I was being laid off. Two days before Christmas =( Hope I win!!! ::fingers crossed::

  39. This machine is awesome! I just opened my very own cottage bakery & this would make things so much easier! I would love to win this amazing mixer… bc as of now I can’t afford to buy one… what a great Christmas present this would be! 🙂

  40. I love your site and would love to win!!! I can only imagine how easy it would be to make meringue! Thanks again for the opportunity and please continue this wonderful blog!

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