Modern Farmhouse Gingerbread House
This modern farmhouse gingerbread house was inspired by a lot of things. Part of my inspiration was definitely from watching too much Fixer Upper! Joanna Gaines had been so influential in popularizing everything modern farmhouse, and who can resist? Also at the time, we were building our own “farmhouse” in the country, so country livin’ was on my mind. Additionally, a construction boom in our area resulted in modern farmhouses popping up everywhere. So basically the signs were all pointing to making a modern farmhouse gingy! I wanted to make one that was a little bit different, so I went with a traditional barn shape but kept with the modern farmhouse color scheme of black and white. Of course I had to add on the buffalo check bows as the finishing touch!
With evergreen swags and a candy cane lined drive, this chic little farmhouse is all dolled up and ready for a beautiful Christmas!
The buffalo check bows are made of gum paste and I drew the pattern on with an edible marker.
The greenery is piped with forest green royal icing. I like the simplicity of this greenery.
The roof is gingerbread tinted black with gel paste and then pressed into a brick impression mat before baking. The roof looks like one piece, but is actually six sections that are joined together with black royal icing. Look closely at the above picture and you will see the royal icing seams.
Here’s a photo showing the opening in the house before placing the last piece of roof on. The support posts you see inside the house are breadsticks, They are strategically placed so that you don’t see them through the windows of the house. I really do like everything to be edible in my houses, so I often use breadsticks, pretzel rods, graham crackers, lasagna as supports.
The windows in the house are leaf gelatin, which is completely clear. I love the glow coming from these windows.
The barn doors and the entire house is covered in fondant and gum paste attached with royal icing. I used an impression mat to create the wood planks on the barn doors. Narrow strips of gum paste create the board and batten siding look for the house.
The candy canes lining the cobblestone driveway are piped royal icing that once dry. I painted stripes onto using red gel paste. The cobblestones are sugar cookies. I tinted the sugar cookie dough grey and pressed it into a cobblestone impression mat before baking.
Here is the gingerbread house in early stages. You see that the base is three layers of foam core that I cut and glued together. I always use foam core or cake drums for my bases so that I can make a hole in the base for the light.
The windmill is all edible, and was very challenging to create. It was hard to get the right proportions and to make sure that the windmill didn’t topple over because the sugar cookie blade portion is heavy and could barely be attached with royal icing. Definitely had to bake a few duplicate pieces to get this one right!
The gumpaste cow is just relaxing in the snow, chewing her cud, and taking in the scenery.
Gingerbread trees icing in forest green royal icing line the backyard.
The details on these birch gum paste logs are drawn on with an edible marker.
The candy cane lined drive is one of the last details I added to this house. There is no other red on this house, so I think the candy canes really do add a warm Christmas element.
This house is pretty simple in design, but it packs a lot of punch because of the narrow color scheme. All of the details really pop against the white barn.
I hope you enjoyed taking a look at this one! Wishing you a warm and cozy country Christmas!
XO~Sarah
