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The best gingerbread house kit for a first timer?

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OhCobblers · 02/11/2013 15:19

The Lakeland one seemed good but I need to make sure I can do it easily with the children and I'm no Mary Berry!!!!
is there anywhere else I should look?
Thanks

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HmmAnOxfordComma · 02/11/2013 16:20

This is a pretty useless answer because it's a ready made, not a kit, one, but the one in Aldi looks gorgeous and was really inexpensive. Was really sad ds is gluten and milk free...

Just in case anyone else wants a pre-made one!

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Rosa · 02/11/2013 16:21

Ikea kit one all baked and in bits ..was so much easier to to put together with the dds it all happened faster !!! It looked great IMo when done

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Mumzy · 02/11/2013 17:00

Ikea really good price as well. Stick it together with royal icing: icing sugar and egg white and its rock solid.

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attheendoftheday · 02/11/2013 17:30

I bought my first ever gingerbread house kit from ikea last week - I couldn't believe it was only £2.50!

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GwendolineMaryLacey · 02/11/2013 18:01

SIL used the lakeland one last year. First one she'd ever done and it looked amazing.

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DaftApeth · 02/11/2013 18:12

Is the Lakeland one ready made?

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hermioneweasley · 02/11/2013 18:16

Mumzy, what's your royal icing recipe. I've only made it once and it was waaaay to runny.

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 02/11/2013 18:54

Apparantly the IKEA one is sometimes broken but for the price of them (and the sheer pain-in-the-buminess of getting to IKEA) buy a couple and eat the broken scraps

Royal icing - 1 egg white, add lemon juice if you want it brittle, whisk a bit then beat in icing sugar 200g (which is 8oz in old money) until it's thick.

Might vary a bit according to the egg white.

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