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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n
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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA pastry team at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Denver, Colorado, has created a life\u2011size, 12\u2011foot-tall gingerbread mountain cabin built from more than 2,000 pounds of sweets.<\/p>\n
Led by Executive Pastry Chef Brielle Fratellone, over 25 pastry cooks worked together since the summer to bring the vision to life, placing the final gumball on the edible display Sunday night. <\/p>\n
Unveiled during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, the mountain cabin took three days to assemble after a summer of preparation. <\/p>\n
The final product is decorated with sugar-sculpted poinsettias and holly, gingerbread lanterns, a cookie wreath and skis, as well as more than 400 gingerbread shingles on the roof. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been baking gingerbread for probably a month straight. So at some point, I just stopped smelling it,\u201d Fratellone told Denver 7 on Monday as she baked away.<\/p>\n
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More than 25 pastry chefs worked on the 12\u2011foot-tall gingerbread mountain cabin now on display at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Denver, Colorado (Youtube\/9News)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe team came up with the concept for the cabin in July, while engineering and construction began in September. The team began baking the mammoth amount of gingerbread needed in early October.<\/p>\n
Building the massive cabin required an enormous amount of ingredients, including close to 500 pounds of gingerbread dough, 172\u202fpounds of flour, 108\u202fpounds of molasses, 100\u202fpounds of powdered sugar, 65\u202fpounds of granulated sugar, 1,000 gumballs, and over 50\u202fpounds of shredded coconut to resemble snow.<\/p>\n
The dough was spiced so that the gingerbread aroma greets guests in the lobby.<\/p>\n
The gingerbread cabin will remain on display until January 1, giving guests plenty of time to marvel at the sweet craftsmanship. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more A pastry team at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Denver, Colorado, has created a life\u2011size, 12\u2011foot-tall gingerbread mountain cabin built from more than 2,000 pounds of sweets. Led by Executive Pastry Chef Brielle Fratellone, over 25 pastry cooks worked together since the summer to bring the vision to life, placing the final gumball on the edible display Sunday night. Unveiled during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, the mountain cabin took three days to assemble after a summer of preparation. The final product is decorated with sugar-sculpted poinsettias and holly, gingerbread lanterns, a cookie wreath and skis, as well as more than 400 gingerbread shingles on the roof. \u201cWe have been baking gingerbread for probably a month straight. So at some point, I just stopped smelling it,\u201d Fratellone told Denver 7 on Monday as she baked away. More than 25 pastry chefs worked on the 12\u2011foot-tall gingerbread mountain cabin now on display at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center in Denver, Co…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}