Vegan Gingerbread House

Name: Vegan Gingerbread House
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 1 House
Ingredients: 125 g black treacle; 3 Tablespoons unsweetened soy milk; 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract; 350 g plain flour; 1 Teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 4 Teaspoons Ground ginger (powder); 1 Teaspoon ground cinnamon; 100 g Dairy-free margarine; 165 g caster sugar; Hard boiled sweets, roughly chopped; Dark chocolate fingers or pretzel sticks, cut to size to cover your house pieces; 110 g Giant vegan chocolate buttons; 1 Biscoff biscuit; 1 small Vegan cake decoration; Christmas wreath decoration; 5 Tablespoons Aqua faba; ¼ Teaspoon cream of tartar; 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract; 450 g icing sugar; 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder

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Prep Time
2 hrs
Cook Time
mins
Additional Time
8 hrs
Servings
1 House
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
Vegan

Vegan Gingerbread House

Iris Warren

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Eggless, dairy-free gingerbread house decorated to look like a Christmas log cabin!

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Ingredients

Servings

Gingerbread:

125 g black treacle (or molasses)
3 Tablespoons unsweetened soy milk
1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
350 g plain flour
1 Teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
4 Teaspoons Ground ginger (powder)
1 Teaspoon ground cinnamon
100 g Dairy-free margarine
165 g caster sugar

Decorations:

Hard boiled sweets, roughly chopped (For the stained-glass windows. I used Fox's glacier fruits)
Dark chocolate fingers or pretzel sticks, cut to size to cover your house pieces (see notes)
110 g Giant vegan chocolate buttons (see notes)
1 Biscoff biscuit (for the door)
1 small Vegan cake decoration (for the door handle)
Christmas wreath decoration (I used a small artificial one from Hobbycraft but you could also make one out of royal icing)

Royal Icing:

5 Tablespoons Aqua faba
¼ Teaspoon cream of tartar
1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
450 g icing sugar
2 Tablespoons cocoa powder

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Instructions

For the gingerbread:

For the royal icing:

Assembly:

Notes

Since I created this recipe, Bournville have added milk powder to their chocolate fingers and buttons. The only like-for-like replacement for Bournville chocolate fingers that I can find are Hotel Chocolat's chocolate batons but they are quite pricey. For a cheaper alternative, you can use pretzel sticks, either plain or covered in vegan chocolate. Alternatively, make extra chocolate royal icing and use that to decorate the house.
For the roof buttons, you can use Asda free-from giant buttons.
If you can't get molasses or treacle, use agave nectar and switch the caster sugar out for brown sugar.
Use spreadable dairy-free margarine rather than block vegan 'butter'. The dough will likely be too dry if you use butter.
The white icing will likely harden by the time you're ready to use it. Mix in a splash of water to make it pipeable again.
To stop the icing from drying out in the bag while the house is setting, place a piping tip cover onto the nozzle then secure the open end of the piping bag so that it becomes airtight. Let the bag sit in a bowl or tub of room temperature water.