The Easiest Christmas Village {You Can Eat!}

November 13, 2020

Use this baking pan to make a cute and delicious edible Christmas village. 

I found an adorable baking pan a few weeks ago and it immediately went into my online cart. I thought it would be SO cute for holiday baking. 

If you've ever tried traditional gingerbread villages and ended up with a crumbled mess...this method is for you! 

This baking pan is SO stinking cute and the little village turned out better than any other we've tried. 

This is the Christmas village pan I found:
Nordic Christmas village pan

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It's the Nordic Ware village baking pan (you can also find it here!) and the detail is just adorable! You can see why I fell in love. 

I planned to hold off a bit before trying it, but when it arrived I was too excited to see how they would turn out. I read the instructions that came with the pan and it said to use a non stick spray with flour in it...this is important!

I found this flour baking spray at the grocery store and used a box cake mix to make the village: 
Christmas village baking pan

I sprayed inside the houses generously and then filled about 3/4 full: 
Nordic Christmas village pan

Well, a little more than 3/4, but it's a bit difficult to determine that with these because of the shape. 

I did have some overflow, but that's an easy fix! I let them cool for about 15 minutes before cutting off the bottoms: 
Easy cake gingerbread houses

We immediately ate that part. ;) 

I took a cookie rack and placed it on top and then flipped it over...sweating while I did it because I was so nervous they would stick: 

How to make easy gingerbread village

No fear -- they came out perfectly! Ugh...so cute!! I sifted some powdered sugar on top for a snowy look: 
Chocolate Christmas village

If you're fancy you could pipe some detail with frosting. I am not fancy. ;) 

I grabbed a pedestal and sprinkled some powdered sugar around that before placing them on. I mean...come on! 

How cute is this?:
Easy way to bake gingerbread houses

They would be so cute sitting out at a Christmas party...but people may not eat them because they look so good: 
Easiest gingerbread village

I grabbed a cloche and tucked it all under there so we can keep them for a few days: 

Cake gingerbread village under cloche

So simple! I made the cake mix as directed and the village was baked to perfection at 25 minutes. I had plenty left over that I used for a small round cake as well. 

As I was making these I wondered if the pan would work for a more permanent Christmas village -- maybe with cement or polymer clay of some kind? (Of course I wouldn't use it for baking after that.) 

I may have to try it with another pan sometime. 

What a fun Christmas addition! I had to share it with you. :) 

P.S. I used a pedestal and cloche I had, but this one is similar and this one is as well! 


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Comments

  1. This is a super cute and easy idea, thanks for sharing!

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  2. Oh, my gosh, how cute are these?! Such a fun idea.

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  3. I have this pan too! I made the recipe that is included with the pan....it was delicious. It was quite a hit with the family!

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  4. Thank you so much for sharing! I bought a similar pan (it is one big gingerbread house) several years ago but never really used it because I just knew the cake would get stuck. I'd never heard of that spray, but we tried it and today we made a house for every member of the family and decorated them. They turned out great! Thanks so much!

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  5. Goodness I love it! Just leaving the pan out when you aren't using it would be adorable Christmas decor! Maybe on a cake stand or something with greenery.

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