About the Gingerbread Emporium

I am taken back on a nostalgic journey to my childhood, to the sounds of the food mixer and the scrapings of the bowl from my Mum’s kitchen, and my Dad's creative cake decoration. Here, I believe, is where the Home Baked Cottage Company has its roots. For as many years as my daughter has been at school I have made Christmas gingerbread houses to give as gifts to her teachers, and for our friends and neighbours. Each year the list of recipients grows such that the door -to- door delivery on Christmas Eve has almost become a tradition in our street.

As December draws closer, and the time comes to start the baking and creating process, I am taken back on a nostalgic journey to my childhood, to the sounds of the food mixer and the scrapings of the bowl from my Mum’s kitchen, and my Dad's creative cake decoration.

Here, I believe, is where the Gingerbread Emporium has its roots. It has been a natural progression for me to step from the kitchen of my childhood to the creation of a small business that evokes those nostalgic smells and tastes, and at the same time provides something extra special and unique - for a gift, or a family treat at a special celebration.

I hope they give you as much pleasure as they do me.

Each of my cottages is individually hand-baked to order in my family kitchen and decorated with care, so you are guaranteed a unique and special product, full of surprises, which looks and tastes fantastic!

My cottages are crafted from traditional gingerbread, chocolate-flavoured biscuit or shortbread. I use simple, good quality, fresh ingredients. The cottages are then filled with treats appropriate to the event and finished with icing, chocolate, and sweets to decorate.

Take a tour through my products to get a feel for the range of events, celebrations and festivals that my gingerbread houses and biscuit cottages are perfect for.