4 pastry leaves cake Recipes

refrigerated piecrusts ...or homemade, egg, water, pecan halves

unsalted butter (16 tbsp or 2 sticks), softened, light brown sugar, eggs, dark molasses (not blackstrap), pure vanilla extract, cake flour, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, baking soda, salt, gingerbread house templates , recipe follows, sugar , plus more as needed, egg whites, heavy cardboard base for the house, pastry bag with a medium plain tip and a small plain tip, frosted shredded mini-wheats for the roof, as needed, tootsie rolls for a fence, as needed, white hershey kisses for roof top spikes, as needed, candy canes for a lamp post outside the door, as needed, granulated sugar for snow drifts, as needed, necco wafers for a cobblestone path, as needed, marshmallows , for snow man, pretzel sticks, for snowman arms, as needed, whole cloves, for snowman eyes, graham crackers to build a shed, as needed, assorted candy such as gum drops , peppermint drops, m & m s, white chocolate chips, red hots, non-pareils or snow caps, silver dragees, green mint jelly leaves, life savers, and animal crackers

water, sugar, corn syrup, egg whites, lemon juice, gelatin, sugar, all-purpose flour, ground ginger, egg whites, whole milk, semisweet chocolate, melted , for dipping tuile, sponge cake, raspberry marmalade, fresh raspberries, for garnish, superfine sugar, mint leaves, for garnish, special equipment : pastry bag, #5 star tip