The White House is a tasty place

 

Posted by Bill Yosses on December 22, 2009 at 10:36 AM EST

Each year, the White House Pastry Team comes together with other members of the White House staff to work on a favorite holiday tradition: The White House Gingerbread House.

Because this project requires so much space, the gingerbread house is usually assembled in the China Room of the Residence instead of the pastry shop.

Everyone from White House carpenters to plumbers to electricians lend their expertise to help make this project a success.

Weeks were spent planning out the details, studying James Hoban’s original architectural designs and blueprints, gathering ingredients and creating a time line. And then the real work begins.

More than 150 pounds of gingerbread dough is made and this year the recipe called for White House Honey!

After baking the gingerbread, it is cut into pieces that become the house’s foundation. The gingerbread is so thick that a band-saw is used to create the bricks for the gingerbread replica.

More than 250 lbs of white chocolate is then used for everything from the adhesive to the decorative elements.

The white chocolate provides the flexibility needed to create details like the rosettes and the banisters, the windows and the wreaths.

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