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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

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  6. I have wanted one for so long. I have been out of work for a year & I am using my baking to help get by. This would allow me to increase production. I would love the black storm or candy apple red. Thanks to you & KitchenAid.

  7. I just saw this in a magazine and FELL IN LOVE. I covet the 7 quart an indecent amount. I would LOVE to win one.

  8. I have been doing cakes in my home for over 25 years and my dream has ALWAYS been to have an AMAZING KITCHEN AID Mixer like this one… I’m still dreaming!! hahaha Thanks for the chance at this beauty!!

  10. Thank you so much for bringing to us such wonderful photos and posts, and now this fantastic giveaway!!

  17. I would love to win one of these for my husband!! THIS is ALL he wants for Christmas!! Plus it would be a bonus for me to get to use as well! Good luck to everybody!!

  18. I would love to win this beautiful baby as I only have a tiny hand mixer from our local store. To own one as big and beautiful as this is a dream.

  20. I LOVE your tutorials and would love to win a Kitchen Aid Mixer! It would complete me 😉 Merry Christmas!

  22. I absolutely LOVE to bake and would really accomplish more with this. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to win this during the holiday season!

  23. Those gingerbread houses are so cute! Love,love, love the dollhouse one, your daughter will love it!
    Crossing my fingers on the giveaway! Love that mixer!

  30. I would LOVE a Kitchen Aid mixer! I’ve been going to my sisters house to use hers to make royal icing! 🙂

  31. I have been baking so many desserts using my cheap handheld mixer. Kitchenaid mixer would be a lifesaver.

    Plus, it would be amazing for once in my life to win something. 🙂

  32. I found this site because Nick Birner Pinned your pictures of the mini house set up and of your ginger bread houses to Pinterest.com. Are those for sale? write me back please!

  33. Thank you so much for all of your wonderful help in decorating. Love the complete pictures and videos you provide.Now I would really love to win a Kitchen Aide Mixer. We are going to remodel our kitchen and I would just LOVE to have a Kitchen Aide Mixer to have on display. Thank you for the opportunity.

  34. Love ur site and the royal icing!!hope to win this mixer which I doubt coz I don’t got luck in these kinda things,but u never know when ur luck changes!!plz pick me!!

  35. I love to bake with my daughter, especially around the holidays. I have a tiny handheld mixer that does the job but not very well. I would love a kitchenaid mixer! I have been wanting one for a while but they are expensive. So winning one of these mixers would be amazing!

  36. i would love to have a kitchen aid mixer, i never had the money to buy one as i have been busy raising my three grandchildren thank yu

  37. I make cakes as hobby and i am still learning only, i started last year. The kitchen aid would make life so much easier. See me on facebook under swifts celebration cakes.

  38. I’ve wanted one of these for years. To win one would be AWESOME!!! And the red is so beautiful. I’ve got my fingers crossed, toes crossed, legs crossed, and eyes crossed. 🙂

  43. Marian! I am dying! Those houses are Sooooooo cute! My 8 year old daughter had her annual gingerbread house birthday party a few weeks ago and I made 23 houses for little girls (and some big girls) to decorate. How much easier it would be if I had that big beautiful mixer! I want it!!! So excited to have your cute houses as inspiration for next years houses! :0)

  44. Oh my goodness, I am so in love with this Candy Apple Red Mixer! My very first mixer was a KitchenAid Mixer, so I know it’s as reliable as it is beautiful…sigh.

  45. I have never owned a mixer, but always wanted one for the past 20yrs! Any color would do, it would make the best Christmas ever to win something!

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