The World’s Best Gingerbread Houses
| December 20, 2017
Gingerbread Fallingwater
In 2007, Anne Rumery entered a gingerbread competition with an entry that replicated the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home, Fallingwater. Although the contest took place at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, California, the entry pays tribute to Wright’s iconic house which is located in the woods of Pennsylvania.
At the time, Rumery’s largest concern was whether the house would fit through her kitchen door, as eventually it became clear that making a gingerbread Fallingwater was a major undertaking. She chose to place the house in the middle of a sugary winter scene, complete with a waterfall in blue icing.
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