{"id":7091,"date":"2014-12-08T00:39:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T00:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cake-geek.com\/?p=7091"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:59:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:59:15","slug":"christmas-gingerbread-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cake-geek.com\/index.php\/christmas-gingerbread-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Gingerbread Houses….And A Magical Christmas Village"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A beautifully decorated Christmas gingerbread house never fails to bring out the big kid in us all and each year cake decorators seem to produce more and more beautiful designs.<\/p>\n

Torte Jagode in Dinozavri have designed the candy pink festive creation featured above (left) and on the right, a spectacular candyland christmas cake is circled with seasonal gingerbread houses for a picture-perfect fairytale display (image via Pinterest).<\/p>\n

Christmas gingerbread houses are a specialty of the sugar artists at De KoekenBakkers<\/a> with a beautiful winter snow scene below.<\/p>\n

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(For tutorials on gingerbread houses, check out our previous feature here: How To Make A Gingerbread House<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

An extra festive touch is added to the wonderful creation below (left), illuminated by the warming glow of candlelight (image by ArtMama via Perniky.cz<\/a>).<\/p>\n

On the right, a beautifully decorated gingerbread house by Magical Cakes,<\/a> New Zealand is finished with a festive red and white gingham bow.<\/p>\n

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Sweets and candy in abundance adorn this storybook pretty gingerbread cottage by The Happy Little Baker<\/a>, UK.<\/p>\n

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A magical tiered gingerbread house cake in an authentic alpine chalet style creates a spectacular christmas cake below left by Swiss cake artist, Cornelia Furrer of House of Kuchen<\/a>. On the right, Pretty Sweet Treats by Nancy’s<\/a> gingerbread creation is festooned with candy delights for a perfect festive sweet treat.<\/p>\n

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Bath Baby Cakes<\/a> have created a elegant “Scandinavian chic” style christmas cake with a gingerbread house topper complemented by gingerbread cookies adding a coordinated side design.<\/p>\n

Bird On A Cake<\/a> never fail to come up with charming cake designs that are super simple to create including their gingerbread man cake below right.<\/p>\n

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A recent trend that has taken off in christmas gingerbread houses are gingerbread dwellings for our feathered friends. Two fabulous gingerbread birdhouse cakes for Christmas feature below by Sweet Cakes by Rebecca<\/a> (left) and\u00a0 Sweet Janis Sugar Art<\/a> (right).<\/p>\n

(See our earlier feature on Birdhouse Cakes<\/a> for some excellent tutorials to help you create your own winter marvel this Christmas).<\/p>\n

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Seasonal red and green bring classic christmas charm to the fabulous birdhouse iced cookie design below by SugarPearls<\/a> on CakesDecor (below left), while Cake Central have a terrific tutorial for their delightful gingerbread birdhouse cake<\/a> here by Hani Bacova of the Haniela’s Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Peggy Porschen<\/a> brings her design magic to the gingerbread birdhouse cake in winter pastels (below left), while Magical Cakes<\/a> NZ have decked out their beautiful christmas robin birdhouse cake with little touches of festive gingham again, below right.<\/p>\n

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Winter blue makes a fabulous colour choice for another of Sweet Janis Sugar Art’s seasonal birdhouse cakes (below left), while the originator of the birdhouse cake trend by Torie Jayne<\/a> features below right in sparkling winter pastels.<\/p>\n

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Gingerbread houses and christmas robins are amongst the edible treasures you’ll find in the magical village of Frostington this Christmas – a fairytale village that magically exists in over 150 different pieces all over the world…..How can this be?<\/p>\n

Over 150 sugar artists from around the globe joined forces to bake and decorate this mythical village, each creating a single piece in their kitchens and studios and finally all brought together in a single montage by the digital mastery of the Frostington Collaboration team to unveil “Christmas in Frostington”.<\/p>\n

This feat of cake artistry has been worked on by cake elves the world over to raise money for three outstanding charities: the Alzeihmers Society in the UK, Icing Smiles in the US and the Australian Melanoma Research Foundation.<\/p>\n

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You can do your part to unite with the cake artists and team behind the special village of Frostington by purchasing the any of the amazing collection of tutorials the cake artists have put together, the full proceeds of which will be divided amongst the three charities. The tutorials are available to purchase through Frostington’s village website: Christmas in Frostington.<\/p>\n

You can view all the individual pieces of the Frostington collaboration from each cake artist here: the village of Frostington<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We leave you with a close-up with just two of the 150+ amazing pieces that went into the making of Frostington – by Mitchie’s Munchies<\/a> (left) and Rebekah Manston of Ladies That Cake (right).<\/p>\n

Congratulations to all those who have built this special village – a job very well done!<\/p>\n

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