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How to Make a Gingerbread House Cake

From: Food Network Magazine

You don't need to be an architect to build this gingerbread house from Food Network Magazine: Just decorate a layer cake.

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No need to worry about this gingerbread house falling down: It's solid cake on the inside.

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line two 9-by-13-inch pans with parchment paper; coat with cooking spray. Prepare cake mixes as directed; divide between the pans and bake as directed. Let cool, then unmold.

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Stack the 2 cakes with chocolate frosting in between. Mark the middle with toothpicks as shown, then cut in half crosswise. Stack the 2 halves with frosting in between to make a 4-layer cake. Freeze 30 minutes.

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Put the cake on cardboard with one of the short sides facing you. Mark the middle with toothpicks as shown. To form the roof, shave off the top 2 layers of cake at an angle, starting 1/2 inch to the right and left of the toothpicks.