Pancake Batter

[buttons]

Can someone give me a good recipe for sweet pancake batter, in preperation for 28th February

[woofgang]

The neat bit about this method is that you don't have to worry too much about egg size. If you can only get small eggs, use 3 or make a smaller amount of batter.

Break two large eggs into a bowl and sift in about a tablespoon of icing sugar, a very small pinch of salt if you are allowed it and if you like two or three drops of vanilla extract (the real stuff). Add a tablespoonfull of double cream or cooled melted butter

Sift and beat in plain flour until you have a batter as thick as a really thick custard. It should almost fall off the spoon in dollops instead of pouring but not quite.

Beat in milk a little at a time until the batter is thinned to a single cream pouring consistency.

Stand the batter in the fridge for at least half an hour if you can.

Have ready a good quality heavy shallow frying pan. melt in it a small amount of butter mixed with olive oil or straight olive oil. The pan should be shiny all over with no excess and HOT.

Pour in a little batter which should sizzle and swirl it around until the base of the pan is covered. Cook over a medium high heat until the pancake is dry all over but still pale, then turn it over with a fish slice (or toss if you are smart, I am not!) and brown the other side. Place on a heatproof dish in a low oven to keep warm. Don't stack them without interleaving with foil or silicone paper as they can stick together.

Scoff with lemon and sugar

maple syrup

jam

apple sauce

cream

or a mixture of the above

[nickmo]

OK time for a pancake love-in with sweet variations if you like sweet things -

Add 1oz coca powder to the mix and have choccy ones. Extra choc drops can go into it as well. Use a dark choc for the best result.

Serve with honey, crushed nuts and cream.

Serve with your fave liqueur like amaretto, or drizzle some Baileys over them.

Use chocolate spread that has been warmed through.

Serve with pineapple chunks and rum, or banana and rum, and a little dark choc.

Melt a Mars bar and pour over, or the same with a Toblerone cos of the crunchy nut bits. Extra double cream is good with this

Grate a (washed) orange or lime, add the gratings to the mix and cook , and squeeze over the fresh juice with a little extra golden sugar (not the ordinary caster sugar).

Use muscavado sugar for a deep caramel taste (only a dd a little as it can be strong)

Saute some thinly sliced firm apple in butter, and serve with cinnamon in the pancake. (You can fry the apple, pour the batter over and bake it to get a sort of risen pancake effect for a change with this 'cos its like a yorkshire pud when baked in the oven)

Melt a load of sugar in a little water in a heavy pan so it caramalises, - do not burn it - then stand lots of 1" slices of banana in the caramel. Pour over the batter and bake. You get a sort of 'upside down' batter base with the caramel bananas on top when served the right way up - with double cream.

Show off and make a sugar cage to go over the pancakes. Make the caramel syrup and 'spin' strands of it over a greased ladle to get a cage by flicking it sharply. (over newspaper on the floor). The sugar sets as it instantly cools on the ladle.

[kitty1950]

Ooooh, my mouth is watering, all those variations, I want to eat the lot noowww. :-)

[nickmo]

And what is stopping you ?............................

Pancakes are for everyday you know, I bet there are eggs in the fridge, a pan in the cupboard, - a little dot of butter, rest the batter for few minutes then off on a pancake fest......mmmmmmm

Go on, you know you want to , go on go on go on ....don't try to resist......mmmmmmmmm bet they're going to be good.......

Or is that not helping??...

[kitty1950]

Tempting nickmo but I'm gonna fight it and have a tin of tomato soup - maybe tomorrow!! :-)

[nickmo]

Mmmnn, tin of tomato soup or

yummy pancakes layered with creamy toppings, full of flavour and satisfying, sweet and tasty, oozing with mouthfuls of delight

or tin of tomato soup...........

AB'ers to the rescue - what should kitty do now?

[kitty1950]

Can't wait to find out !!!!!!

[Ouisch]

What's a sweet pancake versus a regular pancake?

Here's my favorite (regular) pancake recipe:

1 cup flour, 1 cup milk, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon baking powder, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Mix together, then spoon onto hot grill. Flip over when top starts bubbling.

You can top the finished pancakes with anything from butter and maple syrup to pecans, blueberries and whipped cream, orange marmalade, you name it.