Egg-Free Gingerbread House (with dairy-free alternatives)

My family and I made some gingerbread houses this week so I thought I'd share with you what we made and how we made them. This is such a fun activity to do with my kids and I'm so happy that it's now become a family tradition during the holidays :-)

Egg-Free Sugar Cookies with Egg-Free Royal Icing

Photo Credit: Ryan Rivera

Every Christmas Eve, my family and I would make sugar cookies together.  We'd decorate them and, of course, eat them.  But my son would always make sure that we leave a plateful of cookies and a glass of milk for Santa before we go to sleep.

Tutorial: Cielo's Birthday Cake

I remember the first time I ever tried to cover a cake in rolled fondant.  It was for a wedding cakes class back in pastry school.  I was actually not looking forward to using rolled fondant because I heard it was a nightmare to use.  I thought you had to work really fast or else it would crack or tear and repairing any mistakes was next to impossible.