Royal icing for cookie decorating is the secret weapon of cake ... Use it to decorate Christmas cookies, Gingerbread men, and sugar eggs at Easter. Here are a few delicious variations or ...

Homemade gingerbread can be dressed up and down ... glue just for setting up the walls and roof, and keep royal icing for all the decoration and candy sticking. If you need a little extra support ...

They aren't supersweet, so feel free to be generous with your icing decorations. If you want something a bit different, add both cocoa powder and melted bittersweet chocolate to the gingerbread dough.

When cooled decorate with the writing icing and cake decorations, if using. You can freeze the gingerbread dough, double wrapped in cling film, for up to 3 months. Defrost, roll and bake!

(Remember to remove the sharp cocktail sticks from your gingerbread house before eating it, to avoid a choking hazard.) Pipe icing between the cocktail sticks and fix the two roof panels onto the ...