Can I make a gingerbread house in a loaf?

Question

If I have a house pan, like for making cakes in, can I use it to make a gingerbread house? My mom will let me make one only if it's like this...Thanks..and if I need a different recipe please let me know.

Oh, and since we're on this subject, do I need a special icing recipe?

Answer 1

1/2 cup butter
1 cup molasses
1 cup boiling water
2 tsp baking soda
3 cups flour
1 tsp each of ginger, cinnamon,cloves,allspice and nutmeg
2 eggs beaten

Combine all ingredients in order beating the eggs before adding them. Bake at 350* until done.

Decorate cake with any firm frosting.

Answer 2

Gingerbread houses are usually made out of what's really just a BIG flat cookie. You just cut big rectangles out of the dough, cook that, and assemble it. Gingerbread cookie recipes are different than gingerbread cake recipes. And yes, you need a firmer icing - anywhere you find gingerbread cookie recipies for houses should give you the stiffer icing recipe.

Answer 3

not with gingerbread, no.

gingerbread is very hard and has to be baked in thin cookies. you could make a spice cake using that pan, though. just buy a box spice cake mix.

for a real gingerbread house, you use something called royal icing. it gets very hard when it dries, so its perfect for gluing the cookies together. but for a cake pan like yours, you can use any icing, it wont matter.

Answer 4

Yes, just make 5,000 mini-bricks and build it~!