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Gingerbread Village Cake

November 16, 2022 By Gretchen Leave a Comment

This Gingerbread Village Cake is not so much of a new recipe as it is a new cake decorating project!

It’s the decor not exactly the cake that is the star of the show today!

Gingerbread Village Cake

So bake up your favorite cake and the filling you love the most and let’s get started!

Of course I went with Chocolate Cake because, umm Chocolate!

Keeping it simple with vanilla buttercream for the filling and icing

However there are endless combinations for cakes, fillings and icings here on my website

CLICK HERE FOR CAKE RECIPE ARCHIVES

CLICK HERE FOR FILLINGS & ICINGS ARCHIVES

Gingerbread Village Cake

In order to decorate a cake of this caliber you will have to plan a little bit ahead.

But you do not need a single special tool except for the gingerbread cookie cutters!

The gingerbread village is something you can get started on a more than a week ahead of time!

My recipe for gingerbread dough is the best for cut outs and houses because it doesn’t spread

The cookies are soft and chewy on the inside but very sturdy on the outside

NOTE: Rather than using the royal icing recipe from the gingerbread cookies page

Be sure to use the recipe for SPRINKLES Instead!

Click here for the Sprinkles Royal icing recipe since this will dry hard to keep your houses in good shape!

Gingerbread Village Cake

Fresh cut rosemary for the trees and candied cranberries make another appearance!

The ice skating lake is a simple agar concoction and is totally optional!

But how adorable?

Gingerbread Village Cake

So crank up your favorite holiday music and soon you will have a Gingerbread Village Cake that is almost too cute to eat!

Gingerbread Village Cake

CHECK OUT THE FULL YOUTUBE VIDEO TUTORIAL FOR HOW TO MAKE THIS CAKE!

Gingerbread Village Cake

Gingerbread Village Cake
 
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Prep time
4 hours
Bake time
30 mins
Total time
4 hours 30 mins
 
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
  1. Prepare your recipes as per the instructions on those recipe posts
  2. The gingerbread dough can be prepared a week in advance and even baked and decorated!
  3. 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!
  4. Bake the cake batter into 3-7" cake pans & 1-4" cake pan
  5. Assemble the cake as shown in the video tutorial
  6. Do not prepare the agar solution until the cake has been built and chilled with your "pond" excavated! LOL *see video
  7. Combine the agar, water, sugar & food color together in a small sauce pot and bring to a boil over high heat stirring constantly
  8. 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
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