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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

  5. :::good luck vibes::: 🙂 This would be an amazing addition to the kitchen! 🙂

  9. Love those little sweet houses! And the furniture! I wasn’t planning on making gingerbread this year, but now I’m inspired!! Need that mixer, though! How ’bout New Year’s Party houses?

  10. I would love to win the KitchenAid stand mixer. Thanks for the opportunity and the wonderful gingerbread house ideas.

  13. I would love to win this for my growing family of 5! We could make good use of this and give our smaller one to my mom who has never owned one, but doesn’t need something huge for her and my dad. Thanks! Silver or red would be my pick!

  16. Your miniatures are adorable! I wouldn’t have the patience to make these kind of creations, but I’d love to make life-size cookies with a KitchenAid mixer. Please enter me in the raffle. Thanks! 🙂

  17. I have the Artisan series Kitchen Aid stand mixer and love it. I’d go nuts if I had the 7 qt mixer! People would never see me outside my kitchen again except when I’m at the grocery store getting more baking supplies! 😉

  20. I would love to win this not for me, but for someone who needs it more. She lost her job in June and has been unable to find one. She is always doing for others and the one thing her heart desires is to own her own small bakery.She is a truly phenomenal cook and puts such love and care in all she makes. I know this would be the perfect gift and jump start a new life and possibilities for her!

  21. I would love to win, because I hand mix everything and we be so relieved if I had this. Also how do I mention who sent me so they can win one also I I become the lucky winner

  23. Love the gingerbread houses. I surely will
    Be trying the recipes you posted. I would love
    A white 7qt. Mixer. Thanks for the recipes.

  24. Love the gingerbread houses, the pink one is my FAV beings that my favorite color is pink 🙂 Oh yeah and I would LOVE to with a Kitchenaid too 🙂

  25. I would LOVE to win a mixer! It would be a dream come true. Also, your gingerbread houses are amazing. I can’t quit staring at them. =) I’ll definitely have to give the gingerbread recipe and the royal icing recipes a try…

  26. For me, having a KitchenAid mixer would complete kitchen. it would open up so much creative ideas for me. Not to mention allowing me to cook healthy for my family. KitchenAid’s accessories & attachments make it effortless to create meals. I would love to have this in my home. I would surely put it to great use.

  28. I love white and I love candy apple red…this is a really tough choice…but I’m going to go with White.

    Thanks for the opportunity to win and for the gingerbread demos!

  31. Oh i never would of though of doing that with a mixer.Usually see those houses in the stores premade. I wont lie and say its a dream of mine to win a mixer for myself cus again it would be a lie.But Ive been wanting to give one to my mom for the holidays or even after the holidays.with losing my job and counting pennys to make it through.I so far havent been able to afford one. Hopefully ill be one of the lucky ones.

  32. I like the white mixer. My Kitchen Aid mixer is starting to make a grinding sound, so I would like to replace it. Thank you for the opportunity.

  42. I would love this mixer b/c I use mine daily and it’s about to die and I need a larger one for my family!

  43. I would LOVE to win this 7 quart Kitchen Aid mixer! I seriously am in the process of trying to clean up the mess from my small mixer. I attempted to make a triple batch of Gluten Free Sugar Cookies at the same time, and powdered sugar went EVERYWHERE even though I had it on the lowest power! I still have powdered sugar on my face and in my hair! 😉

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