“I like baking cupcakes and cakes,” Chloe said with a smile, before heading off to see the professional bakers working on their extravagant gingerbread pieces. Chloe wants to be a professional baker when she grows up and watches baking shows all the time. Nichols’ youngest daughter Chloe, 10, was also enjoying the fun in her candy-cane-themed dress. “It’s awesome,” said Tanya Nichols, Hannah’s mom.
The girls giggled, on a sugar high from all the candy and frosting that didn’t quite make it to their gingerbread houses. One table was full of teenage girls dressed up to help celebrate Hannah Nichols’ 13th birthday. The air smelled like sugar, with children intent on creating their very own gingerbread houses Sunday at the 15th annual Gingerbread Build-off, a fundraiser for Christ Kitchen at Northern Quest Resort and Casino.
