Brilliant and well done! As a gingerbread architect/contractor/builder, in the business for 15+ years, I prefer soft cookies, and therefore make adjustments to guarantee structural integrity. In bigger houses, a rectangular cardboard box can be used as an inner shell to provide rigidity. Bubble packing on top of the box can help support the roof. In smaller houses, I use strips of end pieces I trim from the edges of my cookie sheets (I don’t bake pre-cut shapes-I bake large sheets and then cut the component pieces out). This trimming allows my component parts to have perfectly straight edges (they are a bit curved right out of the oven). I then glue these strips (akin to I beams) into the inside corners of the house to stabilize the 90 degree walls. Works like a charm! I’ve also found the ratio of confectioners sugar to egg white to cream of tartar makes a big difference. A quick-hardening glue can compensate for some structurally questionable design choices. Not sure what you used for glue but I would love to see you tackle that issue. I don’t know the optimal ratios-some years I get lucky, other years not so much. That was a beautiful and charming creation! So sad it got knocked down, presumably to make way for some bland glass and steel condo no doubt. Excellent work-E to the u!!!
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Brilliant and well done! As a gingerbread architect/contractor/builder, in the business for 15+ years, I prefer soft cookies, and therefore make adjustments to guarantee structural integrity.
In bigger houses, a rectangular cardboard box can be used as an inner shell to provide rigidity. Bubble packing on top of the box can help support the roof. In smaller houses, I use strips of end pieces I trim from the edges of my cookie sheets (I don’t bake pre-cut shapes-I bake large sheets and then cut the component pieces out). This trimming allows my component parts to have perfectly straight edges (they are a bit curved right out of the oven). I then glue these strips (akin to I beams) into the inside corners of the house to stabilize the 90 degree walls. Works like a charm!
I’ve also found the ratio of confectioners sugar to egg white to cream of tartar makes a big difference. A quick-hardening glue can compensate for some structurally questionable design choices. Not sure what you used for glue but I would love to see you tackle that issue. I don’t know the optimal ratios-some years I get lucky, other years not so much.
That was a beautiful and charming creation! So sad it got knocked down, presumably to make way for some bland glass and steel condo no doubt. Excellent work-E to the u!!!
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