Gingerbread Men and Women and Houses too
Here is a sneak peak at the Gingerbread House in Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion courtesy of Disney Parks Blogs. The best part is…… I will be at Disneyland next week so I will most certainly post up actual pics and all the details on the Gingerbread decorations I see so stay tuned!!
Gingerbread Houses are going modern! Since Gingerbread is so versatile and can be crafted into any design shape that can be thought of, modern seems to be all the rage. This modern Gingerbread House even has almond cacti, a pepper Palm tree, Toblerone stairs, hard Gingerbread floors, cookie countertops and marshmallow furniture! So neat!! Read more here.
As we begin to approach Fall and soon Halloween, its time to shift our thoughts to “spooky, creepy, and even scary” stuff so why not a neat and Goth style Gingerbread Man! Found this interesting creation on an Etsy shop – The Poisoned Apple. Etsy is a great place to shop online for unique handmade items as well as vintage collectibles and antiques. Another Etsy shop we like is Crazy4Me and they tend to have a nice selection of vintage items for the home and neat collectibles and of course Gingread items from time to time. Hope you are all enjoying the end your summers!
Are you getting ready for the 18th annual Grove Park National Gingerbread House Competition! The competition date is November 15, 2010 and the sweet sugar and spice masterpieces will be on display November 17, 2010 – January 2, 2011 in ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. I can’t wait to see the incredible creations for 2010!! DETAILS HERE.
Grove Park Gingerbread House Competition Esteemed Judges:
Gerry Hempel-Davis, A judge at every National Gingerbread House Competition since its inception. She was a lifestyle contributor for several years on NBC’s Today Show and part of the production team at CBS for the Ed Sullivan Show.
Nicholas Lodge, Chef Lodge is recognized worldwide as a top instructor in the sugar craft arts and the author of numerous books. He has been a judge of the National Gingerbread House Competition since 2004.
Nadine Orenstein, Curator of the Department of Drawings and Prints of The Metropolitan Museum of Art specializing in Dutch, Flemish and German art. She brings her artistic eye and historical knowledge to the appreciation of gingerbread houses.
Colette Peters, The owner of Colette’s Cakes, a specialty cake company in New York City, she has designed celebrity cakes for Whoopi Goldberg, Al Pacino, Sting, Bette Midler, Hilary Clinton, the Rolling Stones and Yoko Ono. Pastry Art & Design magazine named her to its “Ten Best Pastry Chefs in America.”
Mark Seaman, Founder of Marked for Dessert, a boutique cake shop in Chicago. He teaches the art of gum paste flowers at the Wilton School of Cake Decorating and the French Pastry School’s L’Art du Gateau Professional Cake Decorating and Baking Program.
Steven Stellingwerf, In addition to judging competitions and conducting demonstrations, he has authored baking and sugar craft books, including “The Gingerbread Book.”
New judges for the 2010 National Gingerbread House Competition are:
Carol Gable, has been a producer the last 15 years for the newsmagazine, “Dateline NBC”.
Michelle Pulliam, Food and Leisure Coordinator for Southern Hospitality Magazine—Traveler.
Jane Robelot, is a nationally acclaimed television news anchor and correspondent and the recent recipient of a Peabody award. Jane interviewed such newsmakers as President Bill Clinton, First Lady Hillary Rodman Clinton, Evangelist Billy Graham as well as many actors and authors.
Denny Trantham, is the Executive Chef for The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa. His southern Appalachian culinary skills are reflected today in his innovative and diverse Southern elegance cuisine that is offered throughout the resort. He also works closely with the local famers in order to provide the freshest ingredients, while also supporting the local economy.
Cupcakes seem to be all the rage latley so it makes perfect sense that we would find a Gingerbread cupcake to share with you all! On the Duncan Hines website you can find a really yummy recipe for Gingerbread chocolate cupcakes. Details Here.
I don’t know what part of the country you are in but we are in the South and boy is summer time in full swing here with temperatures in the tripple digits! When most folks think of Gingerbread they tend to picture a snowy winter day near Christmas time and baking the Gingerbread treats and houses but not us here at Gingerbreadfun, why not have a frozen Gingerbead Man of Gingerbread Woman on a stick for a summer time treat! Check out the neat frozen Gingerbread recipe we found: Details here at Family Fun.
1 quart chocolate or vanilla ice cream
Gingerbread men cookie cutters
Assorted candies, such as red hots, shoestring licorice, Dots, M&M’s and chocolate sprinkles
This one is so neat! The Eiffel Tower made out of Gingerbread Bread and decorated simply with only red and green icing or M&Ms. It would also be really fun to make the Eiffel Tower super shiny as if it were all lit up at night with millions of lights and this could easily be achieved once your base Eiffel Tower was created as you could decorate it with edible glitter, sanding sugar or edible silver beads or “dragees”. Its up to you and you can get as creative as you like, maybe you are skilled enough to create one of the two restaurants in the tower- Altitude 95 or Jules Verne the Michelin Star restaurant! “j’aime Paris” I love Paris.
Was just watching the movie Sabrina from 1954 with Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn on iTunes… remember her life altering trip to Paris?
PRIMITIVE PILLOW SO CUTE FOR THE HOLIDAYS! THIS PILLOW FEATURES A PRIM ANNIE ANGEL WEARING A GREEN DRESS AND SHE HOLDS A CHECKERED BASKET WITH TWO GINGERBREAD MEN AND SHE HAS BLONDE CURLY HAIR WITH GREEN BOWS. SWEET AND CUTE THIS PILLOW IS AND WOULD MAKE A GREAT GIFT FOR “SOMEONE SPECIAL”. VISIT HERE FOR DETAILS.
Louis Vuitton Gingerbread Purse Cakes
These are the ultimate for us fashionistas out there that want our designer Louis Vuitton bags and our Gingerbread, we can now have both as they are combined in this magnificent Gingerbread Louis Vuitton Smiling Cerises (cherry) cake! Made from Gingerbread cake and expertly decorated to resemble the beautiful smiling cherry bag from a couple seasons ago. The LOUIS VUITTON Monogram Cerises collection stemmed from the partnership between Louis Vuitton and Takashi Murakami, the leader of Japanese Contemporary Art. Takashi Murakami also designed the Monogram Multicolore collection and the Cherry Blossom collections (pattern is of cake that is the round tiered one) for Louis Vuitton. Gingerbread cakes are also decorated into the many other Louis Vuitton patterns!
