What you'll do
Few things capture the magic of the holidays like a gingerbread house, and building one in New York at Christmastime makes it even more memorable. This festive class takes place at NY Cake, the family-run bakery and cake-decorating academy on West 22nd Street, just steps from the Flatiron Building. Founder Joan...
Few things capture the magic of the holidays like a gingerbread house, and building one in New York at Christmastime makes it even more memorable. This festive class takes place at NY Cake, the family-run bakery and cake-decorating academy on West 22nd Street, just steps from the Flatiron Building. Founder Joan Mansour taught some of Manhattan’s best-known cake decorators, and her daughter Lisa carries on that legacy today as director of the Academy.
With a mug of hot cocoa in hand, you’ll follow your instructor step by step as you assemble your house from pre-baked gingerbread panels, using royal icing as glue. Then comes the fun part. You’ll pipe thick snowdrifts and delicate icicles, add garlands, windows and candy trims, and finish with a dusting of powdered-sugar snow and a sugary garden path.
Your finished house goes into a protective box, ready for a place of honor at home, along with a decorating guide to keep it looking its
