Fruitcake Club
Allies and Morrison
2019
Circular baking principles steer this design concept - from re-using existing buildings to specifying (delicious) materials to ensure this new build can be reused/composted. This approach takes the ‘existing’ Victoria-Sponge Cake Factory: reusing, re-fitting and re-icing, keeping the fine grain character of the site as new green routes and spaces are introduced along the waterside. 
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A feature has been made of the wharf buildings - whilst a dolly mixture of new uses have been added including the Fruitcake Club: hosting a revolutionary dance floor, generating energy from the dancing of the gingerbread citizens!
You can visit our 2019 Gingerbread City here! 
Daily Recipe

​Gingerbread Cookies by Weronika Sokol ​from Johanna Molineus Architects!​
Did you know?

Early European Recipe & Significance

"The dough consisted of ground almonds, stale breadcrumbs, rosewater, sugar and ginger. 

The paste was pressed into wooden molds, the carved works of art served as a sort of storyboard that told the news of the day: the likeness of new kings, emperors, queens or religious symbols.

Gingerbread was a vehicle/vessel for storytelling. 

The final cookie might be decorated with edible gold paint for those who could afford it, or flat white icing to bring out details."

Rolek, Barbara. “The History and Origin of Gingerbread.” The Spruce Eats, TheSpruceEats, www.thespruceeats.com/the-history-of-gingerbread-1135954.​

Family Activities
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Memory Game Card 

Create your own Christmas themed memory card game!
Colouring 
For Adults and Children
Fruitcake Club
by Allies and Morrison
alliesandmorrison.com