Comments on: Gingerbread Eiffel Tower

By: Anthia

Anthia — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:55:34 +0000

Hi Jayne – we can help you! Visit my website http://www.gingerbreadqueens.com.au and send me a note – we have one just like this!

Cheers
Anthia

By: Mette

Mette — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:02:33 +0000

Hi, I’m from Denmark and every year my family and I are making a gingerbread house. This year I would like to make it a bit speciel, and then I found your Eiffel Towers. It”s just amazing!
But I can’t find the link to the pattern and to the slope. I Can get a lager photo of the Tower If i click on it, but is it just that one i need to use as a template?

Merry Christmas from Denmark

By: Jayne

Jayne — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:46:36 +0000

thanks so much. We’ll give it a whirl. I’ll send a photo if it’s a success.

By: scott

scott — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:24:06 +0000

@Jayne, I don’t remember which recipe I used, but I know it was labeled “Construction Grade Gingerbread”. The recipe here looks like it’ll do. http://free-gingerbread-recipes.com/construction_grade_gingerbread.html

Best of luck!

By: Jayne

Jayne — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:17:56 +0000

Hi Scott,
Would you be able to post your recipe for the gingerbread or is it a trade secret?
We were going to get one made as our wedding cake, but then got the quote that didn’t include decorating it, that was out of our budget, so we’re going to attempt our own.
I made a gingerbread bi-plane a couple of years ago, but the g-bread was too soft & it collapsed just before it’s great unveiling. It was very humid that Christmas, which was part of the problem, I think. Christmas in Southern Hemisphere(summer) brings a whole wealth of issues with Christmas baking.
Our wedding is between Christmas & New Year, so I’d like to get started making a side each couple of days in the next two weeks then build it the day before.
Thanks
Jayne

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:01:59 +0000

Hi all,

Sorry for the delay. I’ve updated the post to include a downloadable PDF of the eiffel tower template.

Happy baking!

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:03:51 +0000

I’m in the same boat at Patricia & Vikki–is there any way to see the photos and template?

Thanks!

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:37:54 +0000

Ditto with Vicki… are the templates and photos still available for viewing? That is an exceptional gingerbread tower! good on you re: the ramp.

By: Vikki

Vikki — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:24:28 +0000

Scott, your Eiffel Tower is definitely the best one I’ve seen on the web. Am dying to give it a go, but the link to the “Slide Show” doesn’t work

Can you get in touch with me ?

Vikki from Australia

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Britex Fabrics - Blog — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:20:01 +0000

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By: Marie M.C.

Marie M.C. — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:02:49 +0000

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

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:36:01 +0000

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

By: Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:09:05 +0000

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.

By: Jen R

Jen R — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:42:01 +0000

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….