Fiona Poole Rusty Holden Ute!
Christmas in Australia is a little different to what we see in the movies. No cold weather and snow here, instead, usually a scorching hot summers day.
This year when making my gingerbread house, I decided to do an Aussie version as well. You may have seen the Aussie version of Jingle Bells where they mention the “Rusty Holden Ute”, I thought it would be fun to make the ute out of gingerbread.
I found the template on Taste and set to work. I decided to make the windscreen out of isomalt, unfortunately, I failed to coat it in leaf glaze to prevent clouding. So the finished product was not what I had envisioned but let’s just pretend the windscreen is covered in outback dust!
The gingerbread wheels were made using a silicone tyre mould, usually for fondant or chocolate but it worked quite well with gingerbread dough.
Fiona Poole 