Our Christmas fruitcake with gingerbread city is a real show stopper. It's also surprisingly easy to assemble. Follow these tips for 2 clever ways to decorate your gingerbread.
How to make a gingerbread city
1. Create patterns
Use a skewer to make indents on half the dough shapes before baking. Draw lines and dots in different patterns to create buildings.
2. Let it snow
Use a fine sieve or tea strainer to dust the cooked, cooled gingerbread generously with icing sugar. Make sure you have an even coverage.
3. Dust off
Lightly rub the icing sugar into the indents to make the door, roof and window outlines. Brush off any excess icing sugar.
4. Line it up
Pipe royal icing onto the cooked, cooled plain gingerbread biscuits to make borders, doors and windows. Set aside to set.
