Thinner and lighter Gingerbread Roof #2 collapsed on Friday evening, possibly because--although it was thinner and lighter--it still had poor self-image issues and felt heavy and thick.
After I tried spackling the pieces together using wood putty and a blow dryer (is anyone else disturbed by this?), I considered just sucking on a pastry bag filled with Royal Icing (#70 small leaf tip) until I passed out from insulin shock.
With defeat and deadline looming, I've decided to interpret the contest rules in my own perverted way. I’m allowed to have structural support so long as it is not visible. I figured WHY am I going to all this effort to make a big, heavy gingerbread roof that I’m just going to completely cover anyway? {note: there were many, many, many swear words uttered before reaching that resolution.}
The THIRD new roof is lightweight foam core covered with Coarse Grade 100 sandpaper to give the icing something to grip because of, you know, that G.R.A.V.I.T.Y thingee.
As soon as I finish making 72 white chocolate 3" seashell shingles (only 48 in hexadecimal), I’ll cover faux roof with chocolate Royal icing, then cover that with the seashell shingles. No foam core or sandpaper will be visible.
Ergo, I conform to the specifications.
Q.E.D.
After I tried spackling the pieces together using wood putty and a blow dryer (is anyone else disturbed by this?), I considered just sucking on a pastry bag filled with Royal Icing (#70 small leaf tip) until I passed out from insulin shock.
With defeat and deadline looming, I've decided to interpret the contest rules in my own perverted way. I’m allowed to have structural support so long as it is not visible. I figured WHY am I going to all this effort to make a big, heavy gingerbread roof that I’m just going to completely cover anyway? {note: there were many, many, many swear words uttered before reaching that resolution.}
The THIRD new roof is lightweight foam core covered with Coarse Grade 100 sandpaper to give the icing something to grip because of, you know, that G.R.A.V.I.T.Y thingee.
As soon as I finish making 72 white chocolate 3" seashell shingles (only 48 in hexadecimal), I’ll cover faux roof with chocolate Royal icing, then cover that with the seashell shingles. No foam core or sandpaper will be visible.
Ergo, I conform to the specifications.
Q.E.D.