Making Great Gingerbread Houses: Delicious Designs from Cabins to Castles, from Lighthouses to Tree Houses

It's almost easy to bake a gingerbread house with the help of a five-star inn's pastry chef. Recipes are included for Victorian, Coventry Cottage, Totem Pole Lodge and more. Illustrations.

What's one part baking, one part building, and guaranteed holiday fun? It's gingerbread. With a five-star inn's executive pastry chef as your personal trainer, you'll become a pastry artist, an architect, and the talk of the party when you bake one of these remarkable yet do-able gingerbread houses: Victorian Mansion, Coventry Cottage, Totem Pole Lodge, or lighthouse-keeper's wintry home. For each of the 43 themed projects you have the recipe, pattern or template, and simple instructions. If you've moved to a warm climate, perhaps the Snow-Covered Cottage will provide nostaligic charm, while the Scottish Castle could beadapted to a Disney-like princess castle for a young girl's birthday. Just see how easy it truly is to bake and decorate your first gingerbread house; soon you'll be finding excuses to make more, especially since you can group them to make a village scene