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One of the things we do every year is pop down to the Sheraton hotel in downtown Seattle and check out the gingerbread houses. They’re always huge, beautiful, and intricately done.

And I never do them justice when I take pictures. My little one-shot camera can’t really capture the translucent sugars and…

Anyway, this year had a Disney theme. Here’s Beauty & The Beast and remember, everything you can see (but the lights) is edible.

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I have a bunch of detail shots on Flickr but the closeup of the candle guy didn’t come out.

Here’s the mastershot of Aladdin

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Those domes are gorgeous and look as delicate as cotton candy. Over at the set I have a closeup of the elephant and the genie.

Here’s a detail of Aslan and the White Witch in her sleigh pulled by polar bears.

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See more at the set.

Mirrored from Twenty Palaces. You can comment here or there.

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sartorias
Dec. 24th, 2012 10:08 pm (UTC)
Those are amazing!
burger_eater
Dec. 25th, 2012 05:38 am (UTC)
And this was a (relatively) small show.
geniusofevil
Dec. 30th, 2012 05:24 am (UTC)
Well those sure beat the hell out of the ones we made. I'm going to go eat a frosted wall now to hide my artistic shame.
burger_eater
Dec. 30th, 2012 05:41 am (UTC)
WARNING: Professionals on a closed course. Do not try this at home.
geniusofevil
Dec. 30th, 2012 05:46 am (UTC)
I was just looking at the rest and literally 'holy shit'ed out loud. I don't even know how this is possible for people to do.
burger_eater
Dec. 30th, 2012 11:20 pm (UTC)
There have been TV shows about confectionary chefs competing to build this sort of thing, but I couldn't remember the name. This is as close as I could get.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/sweet-competition-top-sugar-dome-designs/pictures/index.html
geniusofevil
Dec. 31st, 2012 06:14 pm (UTC)
wait, you can have real live fire in these things?
burger_eater
Dec. 31st, 2012 06:46 pm (UTC)
Well, you can't. I can't. But some people can.
geniusofevil
Dec. 31st, 2012 06:49 pm (UTC)
I knew loan shark was the wrong profession for me!
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