Historical Baking – Gingerbread Viking Hall

It being the Christmas period, I’ve been baking again. I always like to make gingerbread houses but in the past have only ever made shop-bought ones. This year I decided to make my own from scratch. Which was the perfect opportunity to make it ancient-world themed.

I considered various Classics-themed permutations – Minoan tripartite shrine, gingerbread Parthenon, the Lefkandi Heroon (the latter idea abandoned when I realised the logistical problems inherent in constructing an apse out of gingerbread) – but in the end had to face facts – Classics just isn’t that Christmassy.

So I set my sights later and norther, for the icy climes of Scandinavia. Here’s my attempt at a Viking hall.