Gingerbread Village Cake
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To make the exact cake as I have here you will need 3-7" cake pans plus 1-4" cake pan NOTE: You will have more than enough of the agar solution to make the pond, but this is just like a Vegan Jell-O recipe so pour the excess into a bowl to set & have a snack!
Serves: serves 12-15ppl
Ingredients
- 1 Recipe Chocolate Cake
- OR 1 Box Hack Recipe
- 1 Recipe Best Vegan Buttercream
- 1 Recipe Candied Cranberries ~ instructions & recipe here
- Fresh Rosemary Sprigs as needed
- For the Agar Pond:
- Agar Powder ¼
- Granulated Sugar ¼ cup (50g)
- Water 1 cup (237ml)
- Food color as needed *I used blue & yellow to make a greenish pond color
- 1 Recipe Gingerbread Dough
- 1 Recipe Sprinkles for the Royal Icing
Instructions
- Prepare your recipes as per the instructions on those recipe posts
- The gingerbread dough can be prepared a week in advance and even baked and decorated!
- Just keep the cookies in a humid-free room that is cool & dry to keep fresh, they will stay fresh for several weeks this way!
- Bake the cake batter into 3-7" cake pans & 1-4" cake pan
- Assemble the cake as shown in the video tutorial
- Do not prepare the agar solution until the cake has been built and chilled with your "pond" excavated! LOL *see video
- Combine the agar, water, sugar & food color together in a small sauce pot and bring to a boil over high heat stirring constantly
- Once it boils allow it to cool to tepid, but not so it is starting to set, them pour a small amount into the "pond" section of your cake
Recipe by Gretchen's Vegan Bakery at https://www.gretchensveganbakery.com/gingerbread-village-cake/