Similar to the wedding feast of King Joffrey Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell, pigeon pie is both savory and sweet. In the Game of Thrones series, this huge pie was traditionally served at weddings of nobility and often made with the inside of the pie hollowed out and filled with live pigeons. Jul 16, 2017 - Game of Thrones: Pigeon Pie Recipefrom the wedding at King's Landing.
Game of Thrones fans, rejoice! The popular TV show’s 7th season is set to debut on July 16. Need a distraction to fill the seemingly endless hours, days and minutes until the premiere? Here’s an idea: make a cake. If you’re not sure where to start, this collection of seven incredible Game of Thrones cakes (and one amazing pie), is bound to get you inspired to create your own edible creation.
1. Game of Thrones-Inspired Dragon Cake
You can count on Joshua John Russell to dream up a show-stopping design! In the latest episode of Man About Cake, our cake decorating star pays homage to George R.R. Martin with his marbled cake, topped with an unmistakable sharp sword. Watch him make it on YouTube!
2. Multi-tiered Game of Thrones cake
Photo via Mel’s Amazing Cakes
U.K.-based Mel’s Amazing Cakes has created a cake that lives up to the company name with this multi-tiered Game of Thrones extravaganza. She used combination of fondant and gum paste to create caricature versions of some of the show’s most popular characters, which are perched atop tiers of cake decorated to resemble a dragon egg, the Iron Throne, castle gates and golden crowns.
3. Iron Throne cake
Photo via Cindy’s Cake Creations
While it may look like this cake is topped with a metal sculpture, it’s actually an impressive and completely edible homemade Iron Throne topper. This fondant creation by Cindy’s Cake Creations in Melbourne, Australia, required creating each of the hundreds of swords one by one, which “wasn’t as fun as it sounds,” according to the baker. But it certainly does yield an impressive and awe-inspiring finished result.
4. Dragon and dragon’s egg chest cake
Photo via Sticky Sponge Cake Artists
Believe it or not, aside from a few supports for the lid of the chest and the dragon wings, this creation by Sticky Sponge Cake Artists in the United Kingdom is entirely edible. The sword and chest are made from hardened sugar; the dragon is sculpted from modeling chocolate. The dragon eggs themselves are made from chocolate, and feature jelly snakes inside!
5. Buttercream dragon scale cake
Photo via Liv For Cake
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If you’re all about buttercream, then this is clearly the Game of Thrones cake for you. Blogger Liv For Cake has cleverly concocted a “dragon scale” cake by using creative color mixing and piping techniques. She mixed gray buttercream using black gel coloring, and augmented with red and green buttercream for a multi-faceted color effect. Then, she piped buttercream was piped into dots and spread it slightly using an offset spatula to attain the unique texture shown, and then finished with gold pearl luster dust.
6. Name day Game of Thrones cake
Photo via Whipped BakeshopPhiladelphia’s Whipped Bakeshop created this personalized “name day” cake for a Game of Thrones fan, with delicious and delightful results. First, a cake was covered with a perfectly smooth layer of fondant. Then, the snow white canvas was topped with a fondant direwolf emblazoned with the show’s tag line “winter is coming,” and finished with handmade silvery swords.
7. Game of Thrones cupcakes
Photo via Afternoon Crumbs
These clever cupcakes by U.K.-based decorator Afternoon Crumbs feature a variety of hand-made Game of Thrones toppers, including the Stark family seal, the “Hand of the King” pin motif, Arya Stark’s so-called “kill list,” dragon eggs and yes, even a disembodied head. The cupcakes themselves are chocolate, filled with salted caramel, and topped with peanut butter frosting, so they likely taste as good as they look!
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8. Faux pigeon pie
Photo via A Table For Two
Technically, this one isn’t a cake, but it’s too impressive not to share! Loyal fans will remember the ginormous pigeon pie served at Joffrey’s wedding. This pie, featured on the Australian blog A Table For Two, is an homage to that pie (but with far more appetizing ingredients). Mushroom, leek, chicken stock, cream and spices make up the savory filling, which is wrapped in homemade pastry that’s been painstakingly formed and molded to resemble a smaller version of the pigeon pie featured in the show.
Watch Joshua John Russell create his GoT-inspired creation on this week’s episode of Man About Cake.
This weekend we're welcoming back the show that has the monopoly on lurid violence, epic battles, and wholly unnecessary nudity: Game of Thrones. George R.R. Martin's ability to describe the crunching of a skull is rivaled only by his ability to describe the crunching of a pastry, so it's only fitting that this sexy saga is home to some serious food porn. And revenge porn. And porn porn. I'm a main character in this show, so my life is decidedly in danger this week.
Ingredients
2 pounds squab breasts
1 pound wild boar, cut into 2-inch pieces
1 pound rabbit, cut into 2-inch pieces
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 vidalia onion, diced and sautéed
2 tsp finely chopped sage
2 Tbsp finely chopped rosemary
2 Tbsp finely chopped thyme
1/4 cup dried cherries, soaked in madeira wine
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms, sautéed in butter
1/4 cup apple, finely chopped, sautéed in butter
16 ounces all purpose flour
3 1/2 ounces bread flour
1 tsp salt
6 ounces lard
7 ounces water
6 slices of bacon, cut in half
1 egg, beaten
Grain mustard (optional)
Makes 1 large pie
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In a medium bowl, combine 1 pound of squab breasts with 2 Tbsp onion, 1 tsp rosemary, 1 tsp thyme, soaked cherries, 1 tsp salt, and freshly ground pepper. Set aside, and repeat with wild boar: onion, 1 clove garlic, 1 tsp rosemary, 1 tsp thyme, 1 tsp salt, and pepper. With the remaining squab breasts, combine the apple, 2 tsp sage, 1 tsp thyme, salt, and pepper. Finally, with the rabbit, combine mushrooms, 2 tsp thyme, and 1 tsp rosemary. Keep all meats separate.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Whisk together flours and salt in a large bowl. Bring lard and water to a bare simmer and add to the flour, stirring with a wooden spoon until a shaggy dough forms. Once it’s cool enough to handle, knead until it forms a smooth, tacky dough. Roll out 2/3 of the dough to a 24-inch round, covering the remainder with a warm/damp towel, and drape over a liberally-greased and floured springform mold. Gently coax the dough down into the mold and press into the corners, patching as necessary to seal it. Begin filling the pastry - first with the cherry squab, a layer of bacon strips, then the wild boar, another layer of bacon, the apple squab, another layer of bacon, and the rabbit. Make sure the meat is pressed deeply into every corner, and roll out a knob of dough until it’s the size of a lid for the pastry. Cover and pinch the edges, sealing like a pie. Cut a steam hole in the center of the lid, and decorate as desired with remaining pastry.
Bake pie for 30 minutes at 400°F, then lower the temperature to 325°F, baking for an additional 90 minutes, or until pastry is browned and filling reaches 165°F internally. Trim the crust as necessary so the springform can eventually release - allow to cool for at least 2 hours before attempting to remove, ideally refrigerating overnight. Slice and serve with grain mustard.