Gingerbread Bake-off 2025 November 9, 2025
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We went to see the fourth annual Gingerbread Bake-off at the Museum of the City of New York this week. The Museum invites professional and amateur bakers from across the five boroughs to design edible creations that celebrate the city’s iconic places, buildings, and spirit—rendered entirely in gingerbread. The theme, “Iconic New York,” invites bakers to reimagine a building, place, or thing that represents the heart of their neighborhood, community, or borough. From brownstones and bridges to bodegas and ballparks, no symbol of New York is too big—or too sweet—to tackle. This fun exhibit is on through January 19, 2026. If you are a gingerbread fan here are my montages from the three other contests. From 2024 – from 2023 and from the first contest in 2022. I have to say that the competition gets more exciting each year. I was particularly taken with this year’s creativity. Have I mentioned that I hate the smell of gingerbread?
Gingerbread Five Borough Bake-off 2023 December 3, 2023
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The second annual Gingerbread Five Boro Bake Off at the Museum of the City of NY invited 23 bakers out of the 50 that applied from across the five boroughs to create gingerbread displays on the theme of “Iconic New York”—creating distinctive buildings, places, or things that represent their neighborhood, community, or borough. The ’skinny’ on this exhibit is that there is 165 pounds of gingerbread, plus 161 pounds of icing and more than 105 pounds of candy. The smell is a bit overwhelming but a fun exhibit. It is on through January 15th. 
The Great Five Boro NYC Bake-off November 20, 2022
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The Museum of the City of New York has begun a great tradition with the Five Boro Gingerbread Bake-off. Bakers from each of the five boroughs were tasked with creating a gingerbread display from their neighborhood home borough. I was very excited to see that not only was my neighborhood represented for Manhattan but my actual building was featured as well (directly across for the Flatiron building). Other than the overwhelming smell of gingerbread it was a fun experience. It is on display until January 8th. 
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