Good Books For Gingerbread Houses?

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lilahcakes Posted 5 Sep 2008 , 11:30pm
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Does anyone know of any good books on building gingerbread houses? I want to make one for halloween and another for Christmas. I know Wilton sells kits, but I have also seen some books about making them and I think im going to order one I just wanted some feedback about which books are the best.

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Bijoudelanuit Posted 6 Sep 2008 , 12:04am
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My 2 favorites are by Teresa Layman, Gingerbread for all Seasons, and Gingerbread Things to Make and Bake. They have beautiful full color pictures and all patterns and directions are given! It's a great place to start for ideas!

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lilahcakes Posted 6 Sep 2008 , 12:06am
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Im gonna check them out now!Thanks. thumbs_up.gif

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JanH Posted 6 Sep 2008 , 6:15am
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Until you get your book/s, here's an extensive thread on gingerbread and GB houses, etc.

http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-155961-.html

There are currently more templates in the gallery section, but the updated thread was lost in the last CC server crash.

HTH

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lilahcakes Posted 6 Sep 2008 , 2:43pm
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THANKS

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lilahcakes Posted 6 Sep 2008 , 2:46pm
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That link has tons of info !Thanks!!

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lilahcakes Posted 6 Sep 2008 , 2:46pm
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That link has tons of info !Thanks!!

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lilahcakes Posted 6 Sep 2008 , 2:46pm
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That link has tons of info !Thanks!!

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loves2bake Posted 6 Sep 2008 , 3:05pm
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Originally Posted by lilahcakes

Does anyone know of any good books on building gingerbread houses? I want to make one for halloween and another for Christmas. I know Wilton sells kits, but I have also seen some books about making them and I think im going to order one I just wanted some feedback about which books are the best.




The NYTimes has a rating list of most published books. Once you find a book you're interested in, you can check it out on their website.
If I were doing a Gingerbread house, I'd make my own icing and use graham crackers.. Find a picture that you like and just go from there.

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JanH Posted 6 Sep 2008 , 11:20pm
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You're very welcome, lilahcakes. icon_smile.gif

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