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| December 20, 2017
St. Francis Gingerbread Castle
Each year, the executive pastry chef at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco goes all out creating a sugar and gingerbread masterpiece. This year, there will be two edible masterpieces on display – the Sugar Castle made of confectionary and sugar, and the Enchanted Castle made of gingerbread, decorated with icing and other edible treats.
Each year, the castles are unveiled the day before Thanksgiving and left until the day after New Years for their guests to enjoy. No one knows what the structures will look like this year, but last year’s Enchanted Castle was glittery white, complete with multiple tall towers clad in off-white fondant.
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