Gingerbread Houses

Gingerbread Houses

Akin to the original Middle Eastern recipes, English gingerbread is a dense, treacly (molasses-based) spice cake or bread. Some recipes add mustard, pepper, raisins, nuts, apple, and/or other spices/ingredients to the batter. The usual way of making it is to melt the fat and then mix all the ingredients in a bowl (called "the gingerbread method") rather than using rubbing in orcreaming to get the fat absorbed into the flour, and this makes it a particularly easy kind of cake to make.It is usually baked in a loaf or square shape, rather than in the round form common for fruit cakes or sponges. It is traditionally eaten on Bonfire Night. As a dessert, the bread usually omits raisins or nuts and is often served with warm lemon sauce.

Gingerbread Houses

Gingerbread Houses

Gingerbread Houses

Gingerbread Houses

Gingerbread Houses

Gingerbread Houses

Gingerbread Houses

Gingerbread Houses

Gingerbread Houses