Christmas cul-de-sac creation: a treat of gingerbread house artistry

We decided to call this cracking Christmas cul-de-sac 'Drury Lane' (Shrek fans will understand).

We made a smarties house, a jelly tots house and a dolly mixture house - because we could!

This made a really cute festive centrepiece at the Christmas table during dessert and the little oohs and aahs of appreciation were the cherry on top of a wonderful afternoon spent baking and engineering.

It was so much fun decorating with sweeties from my childhood. My grandma ran a sweet shop and loved to bake - I like to think she would have liked this.

Can you see our little street sign right next to where the marshmallows have snowed them in?

 Miniature village: a success.

Cake Love, Fayerie Faye x

Halloween Haunted Gingerbread House

We made a gruesome gingerbread house for Halloween!

I may have taken a no handed bite right out of the roof - now that was a terrifying sight!

BBC Good Food inspired recipe. http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/gingerbread-haunted-house

This is the BBC Good Food Picture!

The pieces all grew into gnarly distorted forms of their former selves during baking but that only added to the halloween feel. I have since learned that Mary Berry takes hers out half way through the baking time to reshape them: top tip!  

Front of our creation...(I'm quite pleased with the finished product)

Back of our creation! (Takes the biscuit!)

I am excited to have another go at gingerbread houses this Christmas. I'm thinking: miniature village!

Cake Love, Fayerie Faye x