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Gingerbread house
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Gingerbread house

14 ingredients 30 min Makes 1 gingerbread house openrecipes

Create your own winter wonderland with Mary Berry's gingerbread recipe. It makes a wonderful centrepiece for parties, and children will love it.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1064
Calories
30g
Protein
35g
Fat
156g
Carbs

Counts 9 of 12 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Orange 1 medium (131g) 62
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Syrup not in our table 0
Cake not in our table 0
Cocktail not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 375g/13oz unsalted butter
  • 300g/10½oz dark muscovado sugar
  • 150g/5½oz golden syrup
  • 900g/2lb plain flour
  • 1 tbsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 2 tbsp ground ginger
  • 3 free-range egg whites
  • 675g/1½lb icing sugar
  • 3 tsp lemon juice
  • 15 yellow or orange boiled sweets
  • 1 x 30cm/12in square cake board
  • 200g/7oz giant milk chocolate
  • 2 night-light candles
  • 6 cocktail sticks

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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