New York City's most emblematic landmarks have been sweetly reinvented in the 3rd annual "Gingerbread NYC: Borough Bake-off" where the ingenuity of local bakers meets the iconic scenery of the five boroughs. Professional and amateur bakers alike participated in this creative baking competition, hosted at the Museum of the City of New York. Their task: to transform recognizable NYC icons into edible gingerbread masterpieces, as reported by NBC New York .
With the spicy fragrance of gingerbread lacing the air, visitors can view two rows of New York City scenes crafted from dough and candy. Among the constructions are meticulous representations of the Empire State Building complete with superheroes, Rockefeller Center’s famed ice rink, and even realistic-looking pizza pies. The authenticity of these sweet creations is evident, as they are all bound by the competition’s rule: almost everything must be edible, as echoed by ABC 7 New York .
This year's standout submission included a gingerbread version of Southern Boulevard in the Bronx, flanked by Fordham University's Keating Hall and the icy tendrils of the New York Botanical Garden's conservatory, creations of last year’s winner Patty Lambrou-Kalognomas. "There's so much you can do and it's hard to channel which fun ideas you want to run with," Lambrou-Kalognomas told NBC New York , shining light on the bake-off's imaginative demands. "Getting started was the hardest part but once we had our sketch down, time to put everyt.