Category: Edibles

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Gingerbread Man Cakelet Pan William Sonoma

We were at the William Sonoma store a couple days ago and they just received the limited edition Gingerbread Man cake pan. It is a nonstick baking pan that transforms Gingerbread Men from the traditional flat cookies to delicious little cakes. Pan bakes six individual Gingerbread Men shaped cakes with their familiar outline and three-dimensional detail so you can catch them right out of the oven and add currants for eyes and cherries for buttons.  I plan to whip up a batch of these tasty cakes this coming weekend.

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Gingerbread University – Center For Edible Education

Just happened upon an amazing university that specializes in Gingerbread education! Courses ranging from Gingerbread 101, 210, 301, 401- each designed to teach a different level of Gingerbreadology from basics to creating and decorating masterpieces!
Gingerbreadology 101 – One hour. Always available. Is a most popular activity. Perfect for children, mom’s, grandmas, grandpas & dad’s. Learn to decorate your own pre-baked, pre- assembled deluxe Gingerbread House or other specialty piece. Take home your own “one-of-a-kind” fully decorated, totally edible Gingerbread creation to display or consume! For more information visit the Gingerbread University.

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BRITISH GINGERBREAD

Ever heard of British Gingerbread? It is a cake flavored with ginger and treacle. The French equivalent (pain d’epice), whose name means literally “spice bread”, is a cake with a basis of flour, honey and spices. Gingerbread was formerly regarded primarily as a fairground delicacy. Although it is mainly eaten at teatime or at festivals (particularly in Belgium and Germany). Gingerbread (French or English varieties) can easily be made at home. The best results for pain d’epice are achieved with a strong-flavored honey, such as buck-wheat or heather honey. Wheat flour is generally used (sometimes mixed with rye flour); flavorings can include orange flower water, ginger, orange or lemon zest, star anise or cinnamon, or a mixture of spices. For both kinds, orange or apricot marmalade may also be added to the mixture. After baking, the top of the cake may be decorated with pieces of angelica, green walnuts, or candied orange peel. For more information and for recipes visit British Gingerbread.

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Gingerbread German Christmas Markets

The German Christmas Markets are famous worldwide- every city and town hosts a Christmas market, whether large or small and Germany is transformed into one giant Christmas market where you can buy Christmas gifts and treasures to your heart’s delight. The markets give the cities a holiday atmosphere for the month leading up to Christmas, leaving the cities feeling empty and lonely after a month of bright lights and the mixed smells of Gingerbread, chocolate, Gluhwein and grilled sausages.

The traditions of the Christmas markets date back to the middle ages and turn German towns and cities into festive fairy tale type scenes. Christmas markets are held during the four weeks of Advent and include booths and stalls set up in town centers around Germany, along with plenty of great Christmas decorations and entertainment. Huge Christmas trees are erected and the shops sell Christmas decorations, ornaments, wooden toys, nutcrackers, figurines, gifts, clothing, candles, foods, local arts and crafts and a lot more.

Bands and choral groups entertain shoppers with favorite Christmas carols and hymns. You can buy fresh gingerbread, or a whole gingerbread house, delight in the smells of mulled wine, spices and roasted chestnuts and almonds and sausages as well as a wide array of other foods and drinks.

Each German Christmas Market has its own personality but regardless of which one you go to you are sure to find plenty of Christmas treasures to bring home as well as be able to revel in the Christmas atmosphere that Germany offers.

So, if you have the opportunity to travel to one Germany’s Christmas markets, enjoy the experience and all the sights and sounds you will take in and especially the Gingerbread!

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Costco Wonka Gingerbread Cottage Kits Available For $9.95

We were at Costco yesterday for our weekly trip and they have started setting out their Christmas and holiday items and we found a whole area of Gingerbread House kits from Wonka. Looks like these kits are pretty user and kid friendly and would be a lot of fun to put one together with your kids or if you are a teacher or teach bible class this would be a fun class project for young kids. If you are a Costco regular, you know to buy these kits now because they will sell out and you’ll need to wait till next year to find them again and at $9.95 – it is a deal as they come with pretty much all you need. Have Fun!

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HELLO KITTY GINGERBREAD COOKIE


Hello Kitty Gingerbread Cookie!

This is an amazing Gingerbread cookie in the image of Hello Kitty. The cute world-famous image of a friendly cat with its big white head, small eyes, and smaller body and bow in her hair by the Sanrio company from Japan is now a Gingerbread cookie. Seeing images like this one really opens our eyes and minds to thinking outside-the-box and realizing that Gingerbread can be anything we imagine. Lets have some fun this holiday season and create our own master pieces as we are only limited by ourselves, we can be creative and make whatever we dream up! Imagine displaying your very own Hello Kitty Gingerbread creations at your christmas holiday cookie exchange. Yum yum!