This year's gingerbread house is a (slightly diminished) beautiful three storey apartment house in the corner of one of the most photographed streets of Helsinki, Huvilakatu. Built in 1905 it also served as a private hospital, hence the name 'Sanitas'. Last year it was covered up in scaffolding and reappeared all the more illustrious. Many… Continue reading Helsinki Gingerbread Architecture
I discover new and fabulous buildings all the time all over my home town. My favourites are the art nouveau or jugendstil buildings which are so dominant in central and southern Helsinki. This year's gingerbread creation is a diminished gingerbread version combining features of two neighbouring houses dating from 1907. They both have beautiful elements… Continue reading Art Nouveau Gingerbread facade, Piparkakkufasaadi Jugendtyyliin
Katson kaunista kotikaupunkiani Helsinkiä aina piparkakkutaloaihiot mielessä. Parin välivuoden jälkeen rakensin parista lempitalostani vähän helpommat versiot eli pelkät julkisivut, tai tarkemmin julkisivujen osat. Sattumalta (🤔) talot ovat saman kuuluisan arkkitehtitoimiston suunnittelemat (Grahn, Hedman & Wasastjerna) ja hyvin saman ikäiset. Vaaleanpunainen talo Annankadun ja Kalevankadun kulmassa on valmistunut 1898 ja kellertävä Vironkadun ja Mariankadun kulmassa parisen… Continue reading Gingerbread facades, piparkakkujulkisivuja
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
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
This is a showpiece cake I made for the Wonder Cakes stand at a Wedding fair this weekend - in one of my favourite colours of course! * Tällainen komistus lähti Unelmakakkujen osastolle Love me do -Häätapahtumaan. Kakkupohja on styroxia mutta koristeet kaikki syötävää sokerikuorrutetta. Alimmassa pohjassa on valkoisia hortensian kukkia, keskimmäinen hennon violetti kerros… Continue reading Wedding cake, hääkakku
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