Gingerbread Houses, Animals and Decorations: Explore the Delicious Versatility of Gingerbread in 24 Delightful Projects

by JoannaFarrow (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $22.48

  This work contains 24 beautiful, traditional and innovative gingerbread projects which are easy to make and fun to decorate for both adults and children. It includes a glossary of techniques, simple recipes and step-by-step instructions make constructing gingerbread cottages and castles easy and fun. It includes ideas and projects such as Christmas tree cookies, a gingerbread Noah's Ark complete with animals, a Hansel and Gretel cottage, a steam train, a fairy-tale castle, rocking horses and much much more. This highly original collection of gingerbread castles, animals, cottages and cakes can be created or adapted for Christmas, birthday parties and as gifts for children and adults. Making them is fun and satisfying, and giving and receiving them brings joy and excitement. Using only basic, traditional gingerbread recipes there are 24 wonderful projects to make, including Christmas tree cookies, a steam train, a rocking horse, a jewelled elephant and much more. Whether decorated with piped icing, gold leaf paint or festooned with tiny candies, the projects taste as delicious as they look. There are over 150 colour pictures and artworks in the book to make baking and decorating easy, and to show you exactly what you are aiming to achieve. These beautifully finished images of every project complete this charming cooking-and-craft book; it is a must for cake decorators, craftspeople and children of all ages.