Huge Gingerbread House at Olsen's Bakery in Solvang, CA

Each holiday season, visitors to Solvang, California can enjoy the delightful holiday sight and the smell of a very unique creation! Fourth-generation Danish baker Bent Olsen creates an impressive 10-foot tall gingerbread house using an estimated 250 lbs. of gingerbread dough, 150 lbs. of powdered sugar and 3 gallons of egg whites. The gingerbread house is displayed daily during the holidays. Solvang, meaning “sunny meadows”, is known as the Danish Capital of America. Olsen’s Danish Village Bakery is famous for its Kransekage, Wedding Cakes, Kringle, Butter Ring or Seven Sisters, Danish Pastries, Pumpernickel Bread, Butter Cookies, Cardamom Bread and of course the huge Gingerbread House. Since 1970, Bent and Susy Olsen have been the owners of Olsen’s Danish Village Bakery and the bakery continues to use the recipes perfected by Bent’s great-grandfather. Olsen’s Danish Village Bakery is located at 1529 Mission Drive, Solvang, CA 93463, Phone: 805-688-6314, Toll-Free: 1-800-621-8238, FAX: 805-688-6907. They ship anywhere in the continental United States. Visit http://www.olsensdanishvillagebakery.com