Cake nineteen

Father Christmas's House

I first made it a few years ago although it's in a recipe book I bought in Germany in the early 80's. It was my youngest daughter Sara who prompted me to try when she was about 12. I thought it was too difficult to make and had always looked at the photo in the book as a work of art, something impossible for me. I must admit: I  feared to fail. There's nothing worse in cooking than comparing your cake to the one in the recipe book and.... see the difference!!! But she sounded so enthusiastic -we were going to make a house for Father Christmas! That was going to be something special. So I said yes to make her happy and we ventured into an enterprise which sounded to me rather impossible to achieve.

The first time the result wasn't that good, but we insisted and year after year we've learnt some tricks and now we're proud of our wooden cottage in the snow with a small garden around. 

It's become a must in our family!

Last year my son decided it was high time to give Father Christmas a more comfortable and modern looking home and made a plan for a bigger house with a pond and a private boat dock. It was a rather complicated project, Sara was in America for a year and I didn't feel like 'building' it on my own. 

So he and a friend of his helped me. It was really fun and the best assistance I could have! Two students of architecture for a gingerbread house.... What else could I ask for?

Song: Good night 
Close your eyes and.... follow me into Father Xmas's House

see recipe:
http://time-for-cake-making.blogspot.it/2013/03/cake-nineteen-father-xmass-house.html

http://time-for-cake-making.blogspot.it/2013/03/cake-nineteen-father-xmass-house-making.html

http://time-for-cake-making.blogspot.it/2013/03/cake-nineteen-father-xmass-house_10.html