Greats of Russian literature rendered in gingerbread

[Woolylogic]

Hello! Just thought I’d share some pictures of these cookies I made for my Russian lit teacher before winter break last year. I haven’t posted here before, so let’s see if I can get these pictures to come up properly.

This is Turgenev



And this is Dostoyevsky (my favorite of both the authors and the cookies)


Here is Tolstoy


And Gogol who sadly didn’t come out very well, he ended up looking a bit Shakespearean….


The gingerbread recipe is a pretty standard one that I’ve used for a long time; I think it’s from one of my mother’s Martha Stewart cook books and same with the icing. If anyone’s interested I could find out exactly where it’s from, all it takes is a call home after all.

[karin_]

LOVE THEM! Bet the teacher was chuffed to get them I would love to see a gingerbread Mayakovsky in the future - I might have to make one myself!

[bloemenjansje]

Wow, they are so beautiful and so funny, well done! You really have a talent there !

[raeraethejetplane]

Great job! I saw this on the newest projects and was in amazement when I realized they were cookies!

[sophieangele]

Awesome! I fully approve of history-related baking

[llisaredd]

Those are very cool! Good job

[pinokeeo]

Excellent baking.  Very characteristic and very cool.

[Persephone Hazard]

Your teacher must have loved these! They're excellent.

[Destined To Fail]

Awesome job!!! Dostoyevsky's beard looks yummy!

[Persephone Hazard]

Dostoyevsky's beard looks yummy!

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