Gingerbread Tree of Life

A gingerbread tree of life cookie decorated with colorful frosting leaves in a rainbow gradient
Kim Simons
Beginner
Learn how to create a gingerbread Tree of Life decoration using a simple gingerbread dough, wafer paper flowers, and edible petal dust.

Supply List

Favorite gingerbread recipe and ingredients
Colored wafer paper
Paper potion
Petal dust (dark brown and white)
Piping gel
Cookie sheet
Parchment paper
Silicone mat
Cake tools
Medium paint brush
1" circle hole punch
Oven

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F (or to temperature recommended in your gingerbread recipe).
  • Mix up dough according to the recipe, and roll dough into a long, thin cylinder.
    Hands rolling gingerbread dough into a long cylinder.
  • Cut a long piece of dough. On parchment paper, shape it into a frame.
  • Add pieces of dough, cut into various lengths, into the frame to look like tree branches.
    Shaping gingerbread dough into a tree frame on parchment.
  • Add details with cake tools.
    Adding gingerbread dough branches to the tree frame.
  • Add further details.
    Adding bark texture details to the gingerbread tree.
  • Bake in 5-minute intervals until golden brown and dry to the touch.
    The gingerbread tree of life ready for baking.
  • Using a paper punch, create little circles of various colors out of wafer paper.
    The baked gingerbread tree of life, golden brown.
  • Shape the circles into little flowers.
    Punching circles from colored wafer paper with a paper punch.
  • Add the flowers to the tree with piping gel.
    Shaping wafer paper circles into small flowers.
  • Dust the piece with edible petal dust.
    Adding wafer paper flowers to the tree and dusting with petal dust.

Notes

• Bake in 5-minute intervals to prevent burning. The piece is done when golden brown and dry to the touch.

Products Used

• Icing Images: Colored wafer paper, Paper potion
• The Sugar Art: Petal dust (dark brown and white)