Gingerbread Houses, Animals and Decorations: Explore the Delicious Versatility of Gingerbread in 24 Delightful Projects - Tapa dura

This work contains 24 beautiful, traditional and innovative gingerbread projects which are easy to make and fun to decorate for both adults and children. It includes a glossary of techniques, simple recipes and step-by-step instructions make constructing gingerbread cottages and castles easy and fun. It includes ideas and projects such as Christmas tree cookies, a gingerbread Noah's Ark complete with animals, a Hansel and Gretel cottage, a steam train, a fairy-tale castle, rocking horses and much much more. This highly original collection of gingerbread castles, animals, cottages and cakes can be created or adapted for Christmas, birthday parties and as gifts for children and adults. Making them is fun and satisfying, and giving and receiving them brings joy and excitement. Using only basic, traditional gingerbread recipes there are 24 wonderful projects to make, including Christmas tree cookies, a steam train, a rocking horse, a jewelled elephant and much more. Whether decorated with piped icing, gold leaf paint or festooned with tiny candies, the projects taste as delicious as they look. There are over 150 colour pictures and artworks in the book to make baking and decorating easy, and to show you exactly what you are aiming to achieve. These beautifully finished images of every project complete this charming cooking-and-craft book; it is a must for cake decorators, craftspeople and children of all ages.

Joanna Farrow worked as a food writer on women's magazines for several years until her first child was born. Since then, she has worked freelance, contributing articles to various magazines and writing a selection of cookbooks on subjects ranging from fish and shellfish to children's cookery, cakes and chocolate. She has a particular interest in sweet and decorative desserts and her extensive experience in cooking techniques from around the world ensure her recipes are as beautifully presented as they are delicious. Other published works by Joanna include: Good Fast Family Food, Gluten-free Food, and 30-Minute Vegetarian (all published by Hamlyn); Take Four: Fabulous Easy Recipes With Only Four Ingredients, Great Cookies for Kids, and Ice-Creams and Iced Desserts (all published by Lorenz Books).