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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

  3. Marian,

    I discovered you on youtube while searching for cookie videos. I then found your website and I am in love!! You may not know this, but you have taught me so much about decorating cookies. I visit your website daily for any new postings and ideas that you have. You are GREAT!!! Your gingerbread houses are just too cute!!!

  6. I would love to win a stand mixer! It will be so much easier to prepare for school bake sales! ^_^

  8. I have always wanted a mixer like this. I have never won anything in my life. I enjoy making and decorating cakes and this mixer would be a life saver. Thank you for the opportunity.

  17. I was just introduced to this website, and I love it. I’m addicted!! I will definitely recommend it to others! Grace Langer sent me here! Thanks so much for the chance to win!

  19. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your work!! AND…I would LOVE to win this contest. Thanks to Kindra Baron for sharing your site, I now have the opportunity to win! Blessings to you!

  20. I would love to win one of these! I make marshmallows and this would be great for doing big batches!!

  23. I would love to win a mixer. Mine just broke at Thanksgiving and I have had to make my Christmas cookies with out one this year.
    thanks, Sue

  25. Carlita wrote:

    You are amazing at decorating Cookies! I love reading your blog. Winning a mixer would be so wonderful, mine is dying from being old and overused!

  27. I LOVE the gingerbread houses. You’ve given me some serious inspiration! I would love to win a mixer, too.

  32. I would love to win a KitchenAid stand mixer! I love your gingerbread houses, especially the pink one 🙂

  38. Your gingerbread houses are amazing! The miniatures are precious!!! I would love to win a mixer!

  41. OMG, there are over 3500 comments already! 🙂 These gingerbread houses are so amazing! And the miniatures…get out! Too cute! Wouldn’t know what to do with myself if I won…that would be too amazing!!! Merry Christmas!

  44. I asked my Santa for a 6 quart, I think I got a toaster oven 🙁 but the 7 quart would be Fantabulous!!!!!!!! I prefer silver or white 🙂
    BTW-LOVE the pastel gingerbread house-only one week until we do ours.

  45. What an amazing giveaway! I wish with all my heart, I can win this thing! My kitchenaid is on its very last leg!

  46. I’d love to win one since I lost mine due to Hurricane Katrina diaster. Thank you so much for your awesome website!

  47. Angeline Champagne wrote:

    I’d love to win one since I lost mine due to Hurricane Katrina disaster. Thank you so much for your awesome website!

  48. I would LOVE to win one of the Kitchen Aid Mixers!!!! I do a lot of baking and cooking for my expanding family and candy apple red would match my kitchen perfectly!!!! 🙂

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