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Right, get your aprons on EG bakers, the official EG Gingerbread Xmas Challenge is now on. The Challenge Build a gingerbread structure of your choice. Take photos and post them in this thread for the rest to judge. Winner is crowned STAR EG BAKER. The Rules 1) Everyone welcome. 2) You can make your own gingerbread (preferable) or use prefab kits like this one - http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/90218783/ 3) Some have indicated that the strucure should be 100% edible, including any support structures. Not sure what the rest think, I'll edit this rule when we decide. Deadline Probably around mid-December or we could push it to Xmas day itself. Either way we'll give you enough time to plan the structure, create the design, get your baking bits in order, practice a few bakes etc etc. A Few Points Take photos along the way and keep the thread updated. This is about having fun - bake with family and friends, build together, share .gif) Links Ginger has provided a good starting point - http://www.kungfoodie.com/gingerbread-house-pattern/ (from the Great British Bake Off) Danni's Gingerbread Big Ben recipe - http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/gingerbread_big_ben_48685 James' Gingerbread barn - http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/gingerbread_house_81172 Current Entries sport elstoof thedaveeyres Rusty_M Rhythm smoothpete Ignatius_Cheese Vortex808 Ginger Aargh. (?) Edited by sport at 22:49:00 17-10-2012 Edited by sport at 10:25:43 18-10-2012 Edited by sport at 08:54:14 19-10-2012 |
The Official EG Gingerbread Xmas Challenge
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sport 14,216 posts
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elstoof 19,801 posts
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Registered 13 years agoBoom. On the list. Now. My name.
I'm all for a 100% edible bake, considering a stick of rock is edible and probably strong enough to support any wacky design imaginable it isn't too big a stipulation. Probably easier to get hold of things like that rather than cutting metal rods or wood to size anyway. -
thedaveeyres 13,605 posts
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Registered 12 years agoCount us in! -
Rusty_M 6,813 posts
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Registered 11 years agommmm gingerbread. Time to talk to the missus and get her to teach me! -
Murbs 23,869 posts
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Registered 13 years agoJust a point that in the GBBO, Danni had a kitchen roll tube or something holding her clock tower up. So I think that for aiding support, anything goes.
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sport 14,216 posts
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Registered 12 years agoBump for the morning crowd.
Also Sainsburys are having a 1/3rd off on selected baking products - here's the HUKD list and link - http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/save-1-3rd-selected-baking-products-sainsbury-s-1338019 -
I'm up for this one, I'm sure my kids will want to help out too .gif)
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smoothpete 34,628 posts
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Registered 14 years agoEverything should be edible, otherwise I may as well just cover a dolls house in gingerbread and bake it whole.
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I'm down for this gingerbread shit. Yo. -
Razz 63,427 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI'd enter, but I don't think a gingerbread ashtray would win the compo. -
neilka 21,199 posts
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Registered 13 years agoGingerbread hooker, here I come -
thedaveeyres 13,605 posts
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Registered 12 years agoPersonally, I can't wait to see how Ignatius_Cheese's gingerbread shit turns out. Will it be artfully arranged in a gingerbread toilet? -
sport 14,216 posts
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Registered 12 years agoRazz wrote:
Gingerbread broomstick perhaps? Use it then munch it hmmmmmmmmm
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Razz 63,427 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThat's not very christmassy though -
elstoof 19,801 posts
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Registered 13 years agoneilka wrote:
Fru T. Bunn from The Viz?
Gingerbread hooker, here I come -
Rusty_M 6,813 posts
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Registered 11 years agoSo this is more gingerbread biscuit than gingerbread loaf then? -
elstoof 19,801 posts
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Registered 13 years agoYou mean like a Jamaica Ginger Loaf? Good luck building the Eiffel Tower out of that mate. -
Vortex808 12,172 posts
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Registered 9 years agoGo on then, we'll try a homemade effort, but may have to resort to a prefab if it all goes badly. -
I might be in. Depends on how lazy I am. -
Rusty_M 6,813 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI'm actually tempted to go for something involving both loaf and biscuit. We shall see. -
Ginger 7,248 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI'm in. Think I'm going for something traditional - hold the shredded wheat roof though -
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smoothpete wrote:
Agreed. Instead of bogroll tubes, use brandy snaps for internal support - they're dead easy to make too
Everything should be edible, otherwise I may as well just cover a dolls house in gingerbread and bake it whole.
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Razz wrote:
You could top it off with chocolate cigarettes.
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localnotail 23,072 posts
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Registered 9 years agoThey are selling prefab houses in Aldi. /bump -
elstoof 19,801 posts
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Registered 13 years agoSainsburys also have a gingerbread house kit for sale. -
jonsaan 26,774 posts
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Registered 12 years agoThat's cheating though shirley? -
elstoof 19,801 posts
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Registered 13 years agoDepends, if it looks like the picture on the box then you're looking at a low score but using the mix as a time saver and shaping how you want is fine in my book. -
jonsaan 26,774 posts
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Registered 12 years agoI might be in for this you know. Sounds like fun. -
I was just thinking over the weekend that I'd better get my skates on and try making some gingerbread to see how it goes before the real thing starts!
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