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Vegan Gingerbread House

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

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

Ingredients

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

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.