Gingerbread haunted house - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 175g unsalted butter
• 300g dark brown soft sugar
• 175g golden syrup
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 500g flour, plus extra for rolling
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1 heaped tbsp ground ginger
• 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp salt
• 500g icing sugar, plus extra for rolling out
• 2 large egg whites
• purple or grey food colouring paste
• 50g desiccated coconut
• green food colouring paste
• 5 x 100g multipack of coloured fondant icing, including black, red, yellow and green
• 2 tubes Smarties
• 2 large bags chocolate buttons
• 1 Mars Bar for the chimney
• disposable piping bags
• a cake board or large flat plate about 12 inches across
• cocktail stick