Targaryens, Lannisters, Starks -- listen up, because I have a recipe for you! These Game of Thrones inspired lemon cakes are the perfect thing for a warm spring day in Westoros or a refreshing treat while on duty at castle black. Although I doubt anyone in the Night's Watch knows how to bake that well. Most of them know nothing.
I love me some Game of Thrones, and I love eating like I'm in Game of Thrones. Even though I probably wouldn't last more than an episode, maybe I could use this delicious recipe to convince the Lannisters to keep me around a little longer.
The Ingredients
For the cake:
For the sugar coating:
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- pinch of salt
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 lemons - you will use the zest and juice
- butter for greasing pans
For the sugar coating:
- 1-2 cups sugar
- 1/2 lemon - for juice
The Recipe
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and grease your pans. The cakes pictured were made using a mini-fluted baking pan, but any cupcake pan or cake pan will do.
- Cut each lemon in half, and place them in the microwave for 10 seconds. Zest the two lemons into a small separate bowl.
- Despite being Game of Thrones themed, this recipe does require an electric mixture. Trust me. I tried it without one and it will not work. Beat 4 eggs in an electric mixer on high until they become nice and fluffy, like the snow in the North.
- While the eggs are beating, gently pour in sugar, lemon zest, and salt.
- In another separate bowl, squeeze as much lemon juice as you can out of the lemons, setting aside one half of a lemon for the sugar coating. Beware of seeds and white walkers.
- Pour the lemon juice into the still-going electric mixer. Add in flour and vanilla as well.
- By this point, your mixture should have tripled or quadrupled in size. The batter should be very fluffy and a light yellow color.
- Fill your pans up about 2/3 of the way and bake for 15 minutes. The cakes will be finished when they are a golden brown color and almost springy to the touch.
- While cakes are cooling, pour 1 cup of sugar into a small bowl, or more depending on how much sugar you like. (I like a lot). Find the 1/2 lemon you set aside in step 5, and squeeze the juice onto the sugar. Using a fork or your hands, mix the lemon juice and sugar mixture together.
- Once the cakes are cool to the touch, coat them in the lemon sugar mixture, using as much or as little as you want.
There you have it! You are now prepared with the proper recipe needed to be the One True King or Queen of Westoros. Go forth and take your throne, just not on an empty stomach. Links to check me out on Tumblr, Instagram, and Twitter are to the right and I would love it if you left any comments/questions below. Thanks for reading!