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    Home › Cake Tips › 4 Ways to Have Fun with Gingerbread

    4 Ways to Have Fun with Gingerbread

    It's time to spice up your gingerbread!

    Gingerbread is definitely one of the most classic holiday flavors ever. It’s time to step up your gingerbread cookies, How To Cake It style!  


    The best part about baking, especially during the holidays, is getting to share your sweet treats with friends and family. Throw a Holiday Cookie Swap party to showcase your yummiest and best decorated gingerbread cookies to all your loved ones! Check out our How To Cake It Holiday Cookie Swap Guide for some ideas! 

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    4 Ways to Have Fun with Gingerbread
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    Yo's Gingerbread Recipe

    Gingerbread cookies are a Christmas classic.  Yo’s Gingerbread Cookies recipe is super simple to follow and makes for the yummiest, softest, and chewiest cookies ever.  They’re made with sweet molasses then spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg.   Make sure you make an extra batch for Santa and his reindeers because we hear they love gingerbread cookies too!


    Full recipe here.


    Gingerbread House CAKE

    This gingerbread house cake is the best of both worlds with its gingerbread cookie exterior and chocolate gingerbread cake interior!  Your gingerbread men are sure to have the coolest houses on the block. 


    For this gingerbread house cake, we started by making a Chocolate Ginger Cake, then stacked the cake layers with alternating red and green Italian Meringue Buttercream.  Once the cake is iced, build the gingerbread house cookie walls around the cake - using the icing as glue and adding more when needed.  Once the house is built, it’s time for the fun part - decorating!  Try sweet candy, chocolate chips, cotton candy, and even edible glitter to make your gingerbread cookie house your own!  


    Full recipe here.


    Gingerbread Cookie Decorating

    Gingerbread cookie decorating is such a great way to spend time with loved ones during the holidays and it also makes for a super delicious snack afterwards - win win!  Before you dive into your holiday cookie decorating this year, check out how we decorated ours for some ideas! 


    Our favorite way to decorate our gingerbread men is with a little holiday colored fondant, some metallic edible paint, and of course sprinkles.  


    Full recipe here. 


    Hipster Gingerbread

    We’re stepping up the classic gingerbread men cookie.  You know, the one with the three buttons down the center and a happy face? These cookies need a makeover and we have just the solution! 


    If you’re ready to challenge yourself, try icing your gingerbread cookies and adding cool outfits onto them!  These hipster gingerbread cookies are decked out just as you’d expect them to be - black rimmed glasses, bobs and beanies!  These are definitely the coolest gingerbread cookies and are sure to be a hit at your next  party.


    For a fun holiday party game, try drawing your friends and family on your cookies then see if they can guess who each cookie resembles!




    💫🎄HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM HOW TO CAKE IT 🎄💫

    Want to keep the festivities going? Check out our Holiday Cookie Swap Party Guide and spice up your holiday baking with these out-of-the-box Buttercream Recipes!

    Looking for that last minute gift? Check out our Stocking Stuffers Gift Guide and Bakers' Essentials Gift Guide for some sweet surprises!


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