Vortex808 wrote:Me too, might have a crack at it this afternoon with my boy.
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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Registered 7 years agoOh shit, forgot all about this. Better get my shizzle together or there'll be no gingernizzle this chrizzle.D****** ******r
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sport 10,903 posts
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Registered 8 years agoRight, did my first test batch last night and overall, very successful.
Here's the recipe I used - http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4900/ - basically halved all the quantities to make a smaller batch.
Very, very easy and surprisingly quick (8 mins to prep/mix, 12 to bake). Came out beautifully and tasted great although I will probably throw in another teaspoon on ginger to give a little more zing. It's also got a lovely crunch and the slab is nice and solid so should be easy to build with - here's some crappy photos:
http://i.imgur.com/5DhGg.jpg (paired with a controller to give some perspective on what half the quantities in the recipe gives you)
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Vortex808 5,358 posts
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Registered 5 years agoNice one sport. I think I'll try this weekend.
Then the boy will have to draw his design.
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localnotail 21,450 posts
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Registered 4 years agoI think there should be two categories, like the Olympics and Paralympics. Original and assisted.Playing all the right notes— but not necessarily in the right order.
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Rusty_M 3,610 posts
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Registered 6 years agoI have some gingerbread (cake style) in the oven, and some cooling.
This is going to be awesome or a disaster.The world is going mad. Me? I'm doing fine.
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Vortex808 5,358 posts
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Registered 5 years agoRusty_M wrote:
So which was it?
I have some gingerbread (cake style) in the oven, and some cooling.
This is going to be awesome or a disaster.
I will probably try this on saturday or sunday. Time is pressing a bit now, so I should make more of an attempt to get cracking. -
Rusty_M 3,610 posts
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Registered 6 years agoThe gingerbread is absolutely lovely. That was never going to be the problem. The problem will be attempting to construct something out of it, which we'll do tomorrow. (this will also double as by birthday cake)
Edited by Rusty_M at 23:30:51 11-12-2012The world is going mad. Me? I'm doing fine.
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Rusty_M 3,610 posts
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Registered 6 years agoOK. Here's my effort. I don't know why the cannons are outside the castle and I don't care.
Edited by Rusty_M at 15:37:22 12-12-2012The world is going mad. Me? I'm doing fine.
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elstoof 4,435 posts
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Registered 8 years agoThat's a good bake Rusty, happy birthday too.
I'll try and squeeze mine in this weekend, if I don't manage to find time I'm out unfortunately. -
Vortex808 5,358 posts
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Registered 5 years agoThis shit is on. Just need some walls and some trimming before the build and decoration. Photos to follow tomorrow.
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Vortex808 5,358 posts
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Registered 5 years agoOk, it has survived trimming and needs to cool.
Having tried the off-cuts, if anyone's going to use recipe 4900 from the bbcgoodfood site, it needs more ginger added. 4 teaspoons of ginger is not enough. -
Vortex808 5,358 posts
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Registered 5 years agoRightio folks, here we go:
During construction
The walls were thicker than suggested since I was worried they'd fail to take the weight of the sizable roof panels.
We then moved on to decoration:
Finished article
Our son also felt it needed some important details:
Important detailing
Credit for the icing icicles goes to my wife, who is much more practiced at baking than me.
Apologies for the stealth giraffe which is still propping up a tree as the icing set!
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Registered 9 years agoVortex808 wrote:
That's pretty good! You'd have my vote if I was part of this insome way.
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Registered 6 years agoVortex808 wrote:
Our son also felt it needed some important details:
Important detailing
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Registered 8 years agoGreat stuff Rusty and Vortex! I've baked my bread, construction and decoration shall take place over the next 2 days. -
Vortex808 5,358 posts
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Registered 5 years agosport wrote:
Nice one. I look forward to seeing the results!
Great stuff Rusty and Vortex! I've baked my bread, construction and decoration shall take place over the next 2 days.
I saw you tried the recipe I opted for earlier in the thread and I truly wish I'd noticed your comment about the lack of ginger. It was definitely underpowered there.
I also wish our son had drawn his own design instead of sulking. We had to resort to their template in the end.
Thanks all for the kind comments. I tend to leave baking to my wife, so was rather chuffed with the taste and look of it.
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sport 10,903 posts
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Registered 8 years agoRight, here's the monstrosity ;-P
I think I've learnt to not to be so ambitious on your first attempt at building anything with baking goods.
http://i.imgur.com/cbhFO.jpg (mid build)
http://i.imgur.com/rL4kh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/QiS1k.jpg
Few points:
- The green base is actually covering a large gingerbread base
- I initially baked 3 levels for the bad piggie, but it was a nightmare trying to get just one to stand.
- Royal Icing was a very very poor choice for the glue - should've gone for the industrial caramel glue like they used in the Bake-Off. -
Vortex808 5,358 posts
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Registered 5 years agoNicely done sport. And with a gaming theme too!
I'm surpised about the royal icing. I think mine could have been used to build a ginger bread skyscraper if needed.
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sport 10,903 posts
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Registered 8 years agoThanks mate, yeah, maybe the icing mix was too wet/thin. Anyway, was quite fun. -
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Registered 6 years agoVortex808 wrote:
That's cool! How long did it take you to make it?
Rightio folks, here we go:
During construction
The walls were thicker than suggested since I was worried they'd fail to take the weight of the sizable roof panels.
We then moved on to decoration:
Finished article
Our son also felt it needed some important details:
Important detailing
Credit for the icing icicles goes to my wife, who is much more practiced at baking than me.
Apologies for the stealth giraffe which is still propping up a tree as the icing set! -
Vortex808 5,358 posts
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Registered 5 years agoNot too long for the actual hands on cooking action. The gingerbread was made and baked quite quickly. It took a few runs to fit it all in the oven.
It then had to cool and get trimmed after. The longest bit was leaving the icing holding the structure up to set overnight.
Decorating took a while. It would have been a lot less if our so hadn't hoovered so many 'tiles' and 'lights' as we did it!.gif)
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Rusty_M 3,610 posts
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Registered 6 years agoI'm liking it Sport. Hope you don't try to treat it as its' subject matter and start throwing it around the place.The world is going mad. Me? I'm doing fine.
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Here's mine. What do I win?
Joke, I saw this on Reddit.Follow me on Twitter: @MrTom
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localnotail 21,450 posts
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Registered 4 years agoA chocolate Barad-dûr? Want!Playing all the right notes— but not necessarily in the right order.
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Rusty_M 3,610 posts
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Registered 6 years agoHoly shit! That's bloody amazing! You win my appetite.The world is going mad. Me? I'm doing fine.
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[img]I seem to have missed this thread until now. Work in progress, but it will be updated until completion:
This is an indication of Tesco's dodgy Green/Red ratio in their large jelly bean packets.
Final product.
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