The Ferraris of gingerbread houses

Two brothers in Sweden bring gingerbread house making to a whole new level. (No, not like the one above) 

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  The brothers discovered how to bake incredibly thin parts with a new dough. Here, the smallest branches are as thin as a matchstick; there are about 300 of them. Still from redcrab.se/galleri/frame_pk.html

• André and Sverker Högbom bake and decorate a variety of incredibly detailed gingerbread houses each year. The tradition has seen the brothers create scenes from Donkey Kong, a house next to an erupting volcano and a houseboat. This year's scene captures something new: Living in Östersund, they have created a house which is quite simple but stands on a branch of a tree. In incredible detail, a ladder leads to the house, windows are candlelit, lights twinkle in the branches, and a dusting a snow covers the scene. The brothers estimate they have constructed about 30 houses in total. You can see more at their website here: http://redcrab.se/galleri/frame_pk.html

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  Working on this year's pepparkakshus. Still from redcrab.se/galleri/frame_pk.html

• Still haven't started on your own gingerbread cookies? Here's a variety of Swedish Christmas trats or Lussekatter