Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice

Posted in Around the Garden on December 2 2010, by Plant Talk

Ann Rafalko is Director of Online Content.

Making a gingerbread house rocks. Let’s face it–the icing, the creativity, the candy, the sense of accomplishment, and then maybe eating it–all of these things are great. I was a pretty crafty kid, and my mom is undoubtedly very creative (she’s a stained glass artist). But no matter how creative we were (my mom would even help me melt crystal fruits hard candies to mimic her beautiful leaded windows) our houses never looked like the ones currently on display as part of the Gingerbread Adventures in the Discovery Center here at The New York Botanical Garden!

Gingerbread Adventures is a seriously good time and a fun adventure to tack onto any trip to the Garden to see the Holiday Train Show.  Kids can explore the plant ingredients that help give gingerbread its distinctive flavor, create a field notebook of their favorite discoveries, paint a pot and plant wheat seeds, and then decorate (and eat!) their own gingersnaps.

”Gingerbreads on Vacation” At Gingerbread Adventures

The Gingerbread Nutcracker, Sweet
A collaboration of Cake Power & Baked Ideas

Get a behind the scenes peek at how this house was designed and a great recipe for gingerbread and royal icing over on Cake Power’s blog.
Born to Fish
By Irina Brandler of Sugar and Spice Bake Shop

Santa’s Island Workshop
By Laurie Ditunno of Cake Alchemy

Gingerbreads in Space
By Liv Hansen and Kaye Hansen of Riviera Bakehouse