Gingerbread Lighthouse

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 I made this Gingerbread Lighthouse for the 2012 Boston Christmas Festival. It is a replica of Nauset Light, a famous lighthouse on Cape Cod. Everything is edible on this gingerbread house. It was displayed during the christmas festival and then auctioned off for charity. This was the first year when I actually kept track of how much time and money I spent making a Gingerbread House, and I was pretty surprised by what went into a house this size. Although it is bigger than what I had done in the past, at 2 square feet, it was pretty small by competition standards. None the less, it took 50 hours and $69 to make! Gingerbread houses can get very intricate in detail, and the little details are what take a lot of time. As for what I spent, here is the breakdown:  2x2 ft plywood base = $5 LED Lights for inside = $4Candy and Gum = $22 Ingredients to make three batches of Gingerbread dough = $10Rice Krispies = $12Ingredients to make lots of Royal Icing and Gum Paste =  $12Isomalt for Lighthouse glass = $4  Here are some pictures of the details:  Rocky shore is rice krispies covered with gum paste. Gingerbread Lighthouse is made of gingerbread covered in Royal Icing imprinted with a brick pattern.
 Here is a picture of the gingerbread lighthouse lit up
 Tree in the window



 This is the display at the festival. My gingerbread won "best tasting" (we had to submit GB cookies in addition to our house because one part of the competition was taste.)