Sweet Liberty!

A two-and-a-half foot tall, 20-plus pound gingerbread Statue of Liberty captured one of the five awards for “Best Borough Spirit” in this year’s “ Gingerbread NYC: The Great Borough Bake-Off ” exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York.

Professional and amateur bakers from across NYC competed in Monday’s confectionary contest , whose rule is that every part of the creation must be edible, except the base.

That was the biggest challenge for Lady Liberty’s builders — “The Amazing Race” Season 36 winners and real-life couple César Aldrete and Ricky Rotandi — who had to scramble to keep her on her feet.

“Honestly, the hard part was keeping the arm of the Statue of Liberty standing,” said Aldrete, a chef and food stylist.

“We pretty much did a rod of gingerbread

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