• Recipe: Gingerbread Christmas Tree

    • By Ms. Taste

    I love seeing new recipes that take a fresh spin on an old classic. And who better to inspire me this Christmas season than the master of reinvention, Adriano Zumbo?

    This month’s Gourmet Traveller magazine features a collection of Christmas themed recipes from Adriano Zumbo. The gingerbread christmas tree in particular wowed me and it was surprisingly easy to pull together (well, compared to his other famous creations, the croquembouche and the mousse cake).

    I decided to forgo the recipe for gingerbread in the magazine and use my old faithful gingerbread cookie recipe. I bought a star shaped cookie cutter set in three sizes and baked eight in each size (it’s important not to overcook the gingerbread). Once they were cool, it was a matter of stacking them together and fixing the layers together with royal icing. To finish, I propped a star on top of the tree with a toothpick and dusted with icing sugar.

    And voila! a fabulous and festive centrepiece for the Christmas table.

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    COMMENTS / 10 COMMENTS

    Is it really that easy to make? Looks spectacular!

    Belle@OohLook added these sweet words on Dec 15 09 at 9:23 am

    Wow, that’s magazine worthy! Looks amazing.

    Karen added these sweet words on Dec 15 09 at 10:04 am

    Nice! You made the Zumbo tree AND it doesn’t involve three thousand processes *faint*

    mademoiselle délicieuse added these sweet words on Dec 15 09 at 11:24 am

    Looks great! I love the star on the top and the icing sugar “snow” on the tree :)

    Jacq added these sweet words on Dec 15 09 at 12:50 pm

    So how do we eat it? =O

    Charlieeeeeee added these sweet words on Dec 15 09 at 10:43 pm

    not only did it look AMAZING it tasted Soooo good :)

    Ivy added these sweet words on Dec 15 09 at 10:56 pm

    Gorgeous! What a brilliant edible centre piece too!

    Forager added these sweet words on Dec 17 09 at 3:47 pm

    how gorgeous & simple i love it :O)

    betty added these sweet words on Jan 21 10 at 8:04 am

    Thanks for all the lovely comments. The gingerbread tree definitely added a ‘wow’ factor the evening!

    Ms. Taste added these sweet words on Jan 22 10 at 10:27 am

    This looks great! I’ll have to try it next year!

    The Curious Baker added these sweet words on Jan 23 10 at 5:54 am

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