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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

  4. I always look so forward to your giveaways because they are so good. Thanks for blogging,I learn so much from you.

  5. I would love to win a new Kitchen aid mixer! We make royal icing and host a gingerbread house making event at our house each year. I always have to borrow a mixer. Having one of my own would be so nice!

  6. Beautiful gingerbread houses! Those are so intricate! I’d love to know where you got all the tiny things to put inside the facade.

    Also, I entered the comp. to win the mixer – thanks so much for hosting such an awesome give-away!

  8. The dollhouse furniture is so cute! I love the miniature mixer and the bowl with the strainer. My favourite house is the pink one.

  12. OMG..I would absolutely love to win one of these mixers. Have been taking several baking classes, read so many tutorials and watched hundreds of youtube videos trying to learn as much as I can about professional baking techniques, etc., One thing I have learned is that I definitely need a kitchenaid mixer. Thank you for making this a possibility and for sharing all of your talents with us.

  13. I would love to have a mixer that is reliable & built like a workhorse. I love to bake & cook in general & this would make I so much easier. Pie dough & cinnamon rolls that I make in bulk around the holidays would be done in a flash: )
    And I just have to mention that the gingerbread house with royal icing is just adorable!!!!!

  21. I have wanted this blender since the second I found my passion this last March…BAKING!!! I’m starting a little home-based baking business and would LOOOVVE to have the best blender on the market to aid in my success!

  26. I want to win!! 🙂

    Sending our love to everyone.

    Avi of A Lot of Sugar
    Sent by Mayen of Way Beyond Cakes by Mayen

  29. Wow the red is ga oh gous….You must love your work…I wished I had that talent…Practice makes perfect so I might need a Kitchen Aid to help me along…Thanks for considering my post….Happy Holidays!!!!

  33. I have always wanted a Kitchen Aid mixer. Thanks for the opprotunity to win one! I love your site and the gingerbread houses!

  37. what a wonderful gift this would make for my girls they both love to bake and love love love this site 🙂

  39. Mercy – I have always dreamed of having one of these… Sure would love to get one for Christmas this year from Sweetopia!! =D

  46. I would love to win one of these bauties!…Maybe then I can learn how to make an edible icing..hehe

  48. OMG! My friend Marisa Iapicco-Kemper on facebook told me about this contest. I have been wanting one of these mixers for years and can never seem to afford it, I would absolutely LOVE to win and I know my friend would love one also.

  50. Question about your houses! What are the disk candy on the roof called and WHERE do you find it???? My girls have fallen in love with your houses and want to make some.
    Thanks!

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