Gingerbread House- vegan
Once upon a time in an enchanted forest, there stood a magical little house made from gingerbread, almonds and candy. It had windows of coloured candy glass and the roof was made of almonds and sugar and sprinkled with silver fairy-dust. But the most magical thing of all was that there was not one single animal product in that house, so all the fairies of the enchanted forest could take a bite...
Regulars here will know that we always make a gingerbread house at Christmas. This year we took it one step further and vegan-ised the gingerbread and decorations, although we still took the template from here. Our 16 year-old Radha decided to lend a hand and made the windows and trees. I can't think of a more magical way to spend Christmas Eve! If you would like to make this yourself, here is the gingerbread recipe:
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| The trees make wonderful cookies! |
250g soft light brown sugar
4 tabs agave nectar
3 tabs black treacle
600g plain white flour
2 tsps bicarb.
6 tsps ground ginger
- Melt the margarine, sugar and syrups in a pan.
- Turn off the heat and add the rest of the ingredients.
- You should get a ball of workable dough- roll out about 1cm thick between sheets of baking parchment, cut out using the template and slide the bottom parchment and dough onto a baking sheet.
- Bake for about 12 minutes at 200C in a preheated oven.
Construction and Decorating Tips:
- Make a stiff icing from icing sugar and lemon juice/ water to use as "glue". (And snow.)
- Use cans/ packets to support the sides and roof while the frosting dries.
- Make windows by cutting out the centre of shapes and baking with boiled sweets in the centre.
- A liberal sprinkling of icing sugar gives a Wintry look.
Hope you all had a Happy Holiday, and best wishes for the New Year!
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| Closeup of roof with "glass" window. |
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| The decoration were: jelly diamonds, mini candy canes, chunks of vegan dark chocolate, boiled sweets (for the glass) and flaked almonds, plus a dusting of edible glitter and icing sugar. |
Hello Sarojini,
ReplyDeleteVegan Gingerhouse looks like a picture from a page of some fairy tale. So colourful, so creative and so beautifully assembled and decorated. Radha has made lovely trees and windows! Want to replicate this in my kitchen!
I think its fabulous and one that is vegan - very impressive. I've never made a gingerbread house, so bow down to you and your daughter. I may have a go next year, who knows :)
ReplyDeleteWishing you and your family the best for 2014 too x
And thank you for being part of my blog this year, its been a quite year for blogging, but you have been a regular. Thank you x