Easy gingerbread house

Name: Easy gingerbread house
Total time: 180 min
Ingredients: 250 grams (8 ounces) butter, softened; 1 cup (220g) firmly packed brown sugar; 1 cup (350g) golden syrup; 2 egg yolks; 5 cups (750g) plain (all-purpose) flour; 2 tablespoons ground ginger; 2 teaspoons mixed spice; 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 1 sheet cardboard; 28 centimetre x 33cm (11¼-inches x 13¼-inches) covered board; 700 grams (1½ pounds) assorted sweets; desiccated coconut, for `snow' glaze; 1 tablespoon caster (superfine) sugar; 2 tablespoons water; 1/2 teaspoon powdered gelatine royal icing; 2 egg whites; 3 1/4 cup s (500g) pure icing (confectioners') sugar, approximately; 1/2 teaspoon strained lemon juice

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