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Sift powdered sugar with the cream of tartar. Add egg whites and beat to make thick and firm icing. This is the ‘“mortar” that will hold your house together. It will dry solid. You may thicken icing with additional powdered sugar or thin with egg white. Make one recipe of leing to assemble. Then, when you are ready to decorate, make a seccloth
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To Assemble:
Using a spatula or pastry bag, apply a generous amount of frosting to the back edges of the side pieces. Connect front and back to sides. Let stand to dry, at least one hour. For house, construct four chimney pieces in the same way. For log cabin, connect two chimney pieces. Apply a thick and generous amount of icing to top edge of walls. Apply roof pieces. Apply icing where the roof pieces meet. Hold the roof in place for five minutes to assure it will hold. Let set at least one hour. Apply chimney to roof with*icing. Let house stand until dry. Overnight is best.
Decoration:
Place house on a 12” cardboard disc covered with foil or on a platter. Apply icing around the bottom edge of the house to hold it in place. From here, the house is yours to create. You may cover roofs and chimney with icing to resemble fallen snow. Decorate with gumdrops, candy canes, hard candies and dried fruit. Make fences, doors, wreaths. Place snow or candles in windows. Use a pastry bag to pipe icing designs.
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