Gingerbread Eiffel Tower

Dec. 16th
2008
written by scott

gingerbread eiffel tower stars and clouds 

To commemorate a certain special occasion that took place earlier this year, I decided to build the Eiffel Tower, in all its majesty, out of gingerbread.  This isn’t the first gingerbread Eiffel Tower in the world, but this may be the first one made with only 4 pieces of gingerbread. 

To achieve this marvelous feat of culinary engineering, I built a baking ramp with the same slope as the profile of the tower, so each face of the tower came out curved.  As a result, each side fit together perfectly – er, close enough for gingerbread. 

 

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4 Comments

  1. Jen R
    16/02/2009

    Love the Tower, Scott!!! So jealous you made gingerbread this past fall, I haven’t been able to make any the last two years!!!

    Oh well, 2009 is another year….

  2. Joanna
    03/12/2009

    Hey Scott!
    That is some stunning work!!!
    Can you possibly tell me how you made it? I would like to make one for a party I am having.
    I would really appreciate it :)
    Thank you.

  3. Scott
    03/12/2009

    Hi Joanna,

    The key is to start with a good template of the eiffel tower. If you click the photos at the bottom, you’ll see that I’ve just uploaded the template I used. Print this out as large as you’d like your finished eiffel tower to be. Then, to make working with the template easier, glue it to a piece of cardboard with a piece of parchment or wax paper glued to the other side to prevent it from sticking to the dough. Then, carefully cut the cardboard into the shape of the template.

    Take a 2nd copy of the template and fold it in half lenghtwise, down the middle of the tower. This will give you the slope you need to make a baking ramp so all the pieces will fit together (more or less). I cut out cardboard “ribs” in the shape of the slope and fashioned them together with aluminum foil to create the baking ramp.

    Roll out your gingerbread and cut out 4 copies of the eiffel tower template. Bake each one individually on the baking ramp so they come out curved. They may not fit together perfectly, but they should be pretty close. A good, thick icing will take care of the rest :-)

    Good luck, and let me know how it turns out!

    -Scott

  4. Marie M.C.
    18/04/2010

    I just discovered your website. The April’s Fool cupcakes . . how wonderful. And this Gingerbread Eiffel Tower is so impressive.

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