Impression Mats for Gingerbread House Walls

[tim]

Hi Pastry Professionals,

I have been looking for years for impression mats for gingerbread. It is easy to find the 3" X 6" plastic mats with rock and brick patterns. I would like to find a larger mats, maybe 9" X 11 in.

I have seen them on TV being used by Jacques Torres. Just don't know where they might be purchased.

A decent mat might make a house like this a lot easier to construct.

Thanks,

Tim

[BekkiM]

I Googled "brick impression mat" and came up with quite a few sources, including Sugarcraft (where I could not find an image of the mat) and Cake Art (here) where I could.

EDIT: Of course, these are still the smaller-sized mats, but it might put you on the path to the full-sized mat.

Edited October 30, 2006 by BekkiM (log)

[JeanneCake]

This is also a smaller size, but from the looks of it, you could use it to imprint an entire sheet of gingerbread...

squires kitchen brick impression tool

[K8memphis]

These that BekkiM referenced could be mounted on a piece of foamcore board or something with double back tape. Since the pattern runs over the edges there. Or you could just line them all up on the gingerbread and use a rolling pin for even pressure. Just re-use the pattern?? You get 5 for ten bucks. If you got two sets man you could imprint some mansions.