{"id":15585,"date":"2016-11-30T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=15585"},"modified":"2016-11-30T09:00:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T17:00:17","slug":"this-fancy-gingerbread-house-took-500-hours-to-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2016\/11\/30\/this-fancy-gingerbread-house-took-500-hours-to-make\/","title":{"rendered":"This Fancy Gingerbread House Took 500 Hours to Make!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Here&#8217;s something that&#8217;s sure to impress!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>British hand-iced biscuit (cookie) company Biscuiteers was commissioned to create a 13-feet long gingerbread replica of <\/strong><strong>Buckinghamshire&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/waddesdon.org.uk\/\">Waddesdon Manor<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15594\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Waddesdon.jpg\" alt=\"waddesdon\" \/>\n<p><strong>This\u00a0French Renaissance-style chateau was built in the late 1800s\u00a0by baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to showcase his opulent collections.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now, it&#8217;s been painstakingly recreated in gingerbread&#8230;!<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15593\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gingerbread-Waddesdon.jpg\" alt=\"gingerbread-waddesdon\" \/>\n<p><strong>It took its creators 500 hours to make!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"286\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15587\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Biscuiteers-billiard.jpg\" alt=\"biscuiteers-billiard\" \/>\n<p><strong>This is real gingerbread, not icing-covered cardboard! Look at the detail!<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"286\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15588\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Biscuiteers-dining.jpg\" alt=\"biscuiteers-dining\" \/>\n<p><strong>Over 66 lbs of butter and sugar were used!<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"286\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15590\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Biscuiteers.jpg\" alt=\"biscuiteers\" \/>\n<p><strong>Plus, 240 eggs and 476 lbs of icing!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15591\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Events-buiscuiteers-red-drawing-room-2000-1875-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"events-buiscuiteers-red-drawing-room-2000-1875-1024x640\" \/>\n<p><strong>Watch this video to see how they made posh cookie chateau:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biscuiteers: Making the gingerbread model of Waddesdon\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kURBvMCi73I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>via <a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curbed.com\/2016\/11\/18\/13669710\/gingerbread-architecture-replica-waddesdon-manor\">Curbed<\/a>, images via <span style=\"color: #999999;\"><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biscuiteers.com\/blog\/grand-designs\/biscuiteers-recreate-waddesdon-manor-in-gingerbread\">Biscuiteers<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/waddesdon.org.uk\/whats-on\/biscuiteers-manor-in-gingerbread\/\">gingerbread\u00a0Waddesdon Manor<\/a> is on display until early 2017 at the manor&#8217;s Coach House gallery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to make a gingerbread creation of your own this holiday season? You might like <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2gKfHIi\">THIS ONE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s something that&#8217;s sure to impress! British hand-iced biscuit (cookie) company Biscuiteers was commissioned to create a 13-feet long gingerbread replica of Buckinghamshire&#8217;s Waddesdon Manor. 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