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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!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  3. I would love to win this. I have never done a gingerbread house but thought about doing one with my 7year old niece. These are adorable

  4. What a blessing to be part of an opportunity like this. I hope to win and bring joy to someone else.

    Thanks

  7. Thanks so much for a beautifully set out blog that is delightful to read. I have printed a copy of your Royal Icing recipe and will be using it as a glue to glue lollies onto a cardboard xmas tree. This is a fun activity that my kids are looking forward to doing.
    Also would love the chance to win a mixer in your competition!

  9. Joelle sent me and I have never owned oneof these and I’m almost 40!!!! My wrists need a rest….thanks

  12. What a great giveaway! I love kitchenaid products! A 7 quart would be a welcome addition to replace my ole wheezy 5 quart 😉 happy Holidays!!

  13. So adorable! Much cuter than th kit I used 🙁 Would love a candy apple red Kitchen aid. Maybe then I could get inspired to create my own goodies!

  21. Becky wrote:

    I’m hoping for a Kitchenaid Christmas!!

    ed
    I have never had a mixer anything near as nice as this in my 58 years of marriage~~history would indeed be made with this. The awesome Holly Ellison referred me to this site! Thanks Holly~~and thanks Kitchenaid! Merry Christmas to all!

  26. My mixer is 30 years old and still going strong. I would really like a red one to match my kitchen. Pick me! Pretty Please! Thank you

  29. What a great item to be giving away. I have a KitchenAid mixer that my daughter Ally and I have all but worn out. We love to bake and cannot imagine a better gift than a new one to continue makeing happy memories in the kitchen.

  30. Ahhh… I can only imagine the goodies we could whip up around here in that beauty! And, I LOVE your gingerbread houses…. too cute!!!!

  31. I just started to become passionate about baking, and my brother and sister in law bought me a KitchenAid as a ‘thank you’ for making their wedding cake. I absolutely LOVE my KitchenAid, and I would love to send one back to them.
    Thanks!

  33. I am so excited to have found your site and can’t wait to check it all out. I have always wanted one of these mixers and have fond memories of my mother using hers to make many a goodie when I was a kid! Now its my turn!

  39. No way to begin to tell you just how much I want to win one of these beautiful, amazing mixers, seriously would be a dream come true! Thanks, Andrea

  41. I would like to win so I can have a mixer when I move out in the spring and won’t have to miss my mother’s (which I use twice as often as she does).

  46. I hope you forgive me…and that my previous “Non-reply” did not go thru…
    I’m new to computers . SOOO…this is my Official Reply:
    The Mixers are so beautiful. They remind me of my Mom using a little chrome stand-mixer when I was a little girl. I would LOVE to hear that same sound in our house today. Thankyou for such a chance. I hope who ever receives these, makes some wonderful Memories for those they love.

  48. i would love to have the kitchenaid in red for christmas ! been yearning to have one for way too long….

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