“A team of bakers once built a GIANT GINGERBREAD HOUSE almost as big as a tennis court – requiring nearly a TON (900 KG) of butter.”

National Geographic 5,000 Awesome Facts, fact # 5 of 35 on Decadent Desserts

The recipe goes as such; Mix 1,800 pounds of butter (820 kg), 2,925 pounds (1,327 kg) of brown sugar, 7,200 eggs, 7,200 pounds (3,266 kg) all-purpose flour, 1,080 ounces (31 kg) ground ginger and a few other ingredients, bake and form into panels for mounting. (https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/with-nearly-a-ton-of-butter-texas-gingerbread-house-sets-record-idUSBRE9B50YR/)

With a total calorie count of 35.8 million calories, this gingerbread house stands in Bryan, Texas.

The Traditions Club near Texas A&M University built the house that has an edible exterior that is mounted over a wooden frame. It was built to help raise money for a trauma center at the regional St. Joseph’s Hospital.

The Ginger Bread house is 60 feet x 42 feet and is 20.11 feet tall at its highest point.

It has been called the largest Ginger Bread house in the Guinness Book of World Records, outdoing Minnesota’s Mall record in 2012. Texas’ house is 39,201.8 cube feet vs Minnesota’s 36,600 cubic feet.( https://www.traditionsclub.com/discover/gingerbread-house)

It has remained standing regardless of the hot sun or pouring rain.