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Check out this gingerbread York Minster

The photo shows a gingerbread cathedral displayed on a table. Tall twin towers are decorated with vertical white icing lines that mimic Gothic stonework. The model has a large central façade window in reds, greens, and yellows and a shingled roof created from cereal pieces. The gingerbread cathedral sits on a Royal icing base. Two women each with long blonde hair stand behind the creation.Julie Hamer

Gingerbread houses can be pretty impressive, but this one takes the biscuit.

A mum and daughter from America were so inspired by York Minster that they decided to make it out of gingerbread.

The structure is made from 60 pieces and it took a week to make from start to finish.

Rather than eating the building, the pair donated it to a retirement home as part of its Christmas decorations.

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York Minster is a large gothic building. It stands against a blue sky with clouds and a lush green tree in the foregroundGetty Images

The gingerbread structure was inspired by York Minster

Erin asked her mum to help her make the gingerbread York Minster after being inspired by the medieval building while she studied at the university in the city.

It's not their first edible structure. They've made castles, barns, churches and even the Empire State Building.

The photo shows a large table completely covered with pieces of a miniature cathedral gingerbread construction project. A person sits on the left side of the table working with a piping bag of white icing. Their face is not clearly visible. The table is filled with neatly arranged gingerbread components in many shapes and sizes, each decorated with intricate white icing patterns.Julie Hamer

Erin sketched the design and made a pattern out of paper which they used to make the gingerbread components

Mum Julie said: "It is a building that resembles beauty and decades of worship to God. Everything is edible, it's really a sweet treat, but it's built memories."

"From beginning to end we had it done in a week, working at night a few hours here a few hours there, then one full day of baking."

This image shows a detailed gingerbread cathedral, photographed up close. A large rose window made from melted candy sits on the left façade, surrounded by intricate white icing that mimics carved stone tracery. The structure features tall Gothic-style windows, each decorated with vertical lines of icing and filled with stained‑glass–like candy.Julie Hamer

Erin added: "It's been a fun surprise to see that other people are enjoying it.

"It's something so simple, but it genuinely brings people together, brings a smile and brings some joy which is sort of the goal."