Introducing my gingerbread version from 2014 of one of the most iconic and recognizable Bordeaux wineries, Château Margaux, since I won't be making a gingerbread house this year. The back side of the building has a beautiful pair of curved stairs. The front steps are guarded by sphinxes. One of mine has a rather damaged… Continue reading Gingerbread Margaux
This year's gingerbread house is a toy shop, dedicated of course to my two month old granddaughter 😍 Toys in the window display and some bigger items on the shelf behind the counter. Above the shop is the living room, ready for the Christmas feast. * Tänä jouluna tein piparkakkutalosta lelukaupan kaksi kuukautta vanhan pojantyttäreni… Continue reading Gingerbread toy shop, Piparkakkulelukauppa
A white Christmas this year! At dusk the scenery turns into a beautiful blue which we call the "blue moment". I'll be working on this year's gingerbread house during the holidays. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and happy holidays! * Saatiin valkoinen joulu tänä vuonna 🙂 Piparkakkutalokin edistynee joulunpyhinä. Mukavaa ja piparintuoksuista loppuvuotta kaikille!… Continue reading Happy holidays, iloista joulua!
This Christmas I picked a dear old building as a model for my gingerbread house. It's an old private town house turned into a museum in a beautiful spot by the lakeside in the city of Tampere. Many, many hours of planning, baking, "plastering", tiling, window fitting, fixing of lights etc. More about the building… Continue reading Gingerbread Pyynikinlinna piparkakkutalo
This is the facade of this year's gingerbreadhouse. Still no roof and lots to do but here's how the project has gone so far... Drawing the patterns. This time I had some original blueprints to work with - great! Cutting and baking the pieces. A lot of different shapes and sizes. Glueing the windows on… Continue reading Gingerbread housebuilding, piparkakkutalon rakentelua
I've had time to finish the gingerbread house. The rose bushes now have stems, a little box wood hedge surrounds the terrace and more barrels await handling outside the back door. I also had to try out if I could make a little directors chair to go under my sun shade. It took some wiggling… Continue reading Gingerbread miniatures, pipari pienoismalleja
Managed to get some better shots of the gingerbread Château Carsin yesterday. The sunshade is glued together from three pieces of gingerbread, one T and two C shapes, with a thin piece of sugarpaste for the shade. There are two really heavy wooden tables on the terrace and a lemon tree in a big flower… Continue reading Carsin revisited
Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!! This years gingerbread house has a real life model in the heart of the Bordeaux wine country, Château Carsin. * Tässä tämän vuoden piparkakkutalo jonka myötä toivotan kaikille oikein hauskaa joulua!! Mallina on suomalainen Château Carsinin viinitila Bordeaux:ssa. Carsinilla onkin erityinen syy juhlia sillä tilan viinejä juodaan Suomen 100-vuotisjuhlien… Continue reading Gingerbread château, Château Pipari
This year´s gingerbread house is a miniature of a run down house in our neighbourhood. It has been empty for nearly ten years and is quite a sorry sight. The theme for the yearly gingerbread competition of our biggest newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, was "a part of Helsinki" - my home town, so I decided to… Continue reading Gingerbread house, piparkakkutalo
Still working on it but this is one window of this year´s gingerbread house (to be revealed later when it´s ready). The recipe below is for delectable little gingerbread cookies that will melt in your mouth! Don´t try making a gingerbread house out of it, you´ll need a sturdier dough for that! * Näin joulua… Continue reading Piparkakkutaikina, gingerbread recipe
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