If you have been searching for Hansel and Gretel, look no further. I have found their gingerbread cottage in the lobby of the Royal Park Hotel in Rochester, Michigan. My lovely neighbor and her Garden Club girls (age 9 & 11) invited me on a "field trip" to see this giant masterpiece in person. The gingerbread boy nearby boasts the recipe: 220 pounds of sugar, 300 pounds of gingerbread mix, 90 gallons of water, 240 eggs...wow.We took pictures of ourselves with this luscious cottage and I asked the girls what part of the house tempted them the most. One wanted to taste each candy cane along the roofline, the other wanted to bite a gumdrop off the wall and I confessed that I would lick across the lollipop flowers and announce each flavor as I passed.
Thanks, Phyllis, for a delightful afternoon!
4 comments:
That gingerbread house looks so good!! Just looking at it makes me want something sweet to eat. I haven't seen it yet. I will have to check it out.
Wow! I gained 5lbs just looking at it!! I've never made one, I have a feeling it would not survive the building processes!!
I used to make gingerbread houses from scratch, but you can't beat the pre-fab walls in kits these days. They come with ready-to-decorate frosting bags and everything. So much fun - you should try it next year!
At first I thought you did this and I almost fell out of my chair.
I want to know who had to break the 240 eggs.
Now I have to go see this in person too!
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