Friday, September 28, 2012

Whimsical Gingerbread House Techniques: Sugar Cone Trees

Whimsical Gingerbread House Tree Figurinees

If you love gingerbread house decor during your holiday season, then you will adore these cute trees.  If you want to incorporate this concept into your gingerbread house techniques, there is absolutely no difficulty in tracking down sugar cones and doing a little stacking.

If you need a little padding between cones to create a layer that makes for distinct levels of each cone section, I suggest using a soft candy like Air Heads, rolling out a bit between parchment paper layers to thin, and placing between sections.  Marshmallow would work as well.  Fondant would also work.

Of course, a single cone makes an elegant tree, while stacked cones are more whimsical.

For more gingerbread house techniques, be sure to explore this post (http://allthingsgingerbread.blogspot.com/p/gingerbread-cutting-techniques.html), full of my cutting techniques for making your own gingerbread houses.