Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day) is on the 17th February , How do you like your pancakes? Send in your yummy ideas for us to share. I tried making rainbow pancakes like these which were sent in by Sophie Edmondson, here’s how …
A Friend of Days Out With Kids made these wonderful pancakes last year. I wanted to try her recipe and share it with you all.
I was worried about the kids getting hyper from food colouring so used Sugar Flair which I’ve been told very rarely affects children’s hyperactivity levels, it’s also GM free, nut free, gluten free, fat free and suitable for halal, vegetarian and kosher diets, you can buy it here…
What you need (serves 4-6) :
- 135g/4¾oz plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
- Sugar Flair food colouring
- 130ml/4½fl oz milk
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 2 tbsp melted butter (allowed to cool slightly) or olive oil, plus extra for cooking
How to make:
- Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and caster sugar into a large bowl. In a separate bowl or jug, lightly whisk together the milk and egg, then whisk in the melted butter.
- Pour the milk mixture into the flour mixture and, using a fork, beat until you have a smooth batter. Any lumps will soon disappear with a little mixing. Let the batter stand for a few minutes.
- Separate the batter into 5 different bowls and add food colouring to each of the bowls.
- Heat a non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and add a knob of butter. When it’s melted, add a ladle of batter from one of the bowls (or two if your frying pan is big enough to cook two pancakes at the same time). It will seem very thick but this is how it should be. Wait until the top of the pancake begins to bubble, then turn it over and cook until both sides are golden brown and the pancake has risen to about 1cm (½in) thick.
- Repeat until all the batter is used up. You can keep the pancakes warm in a low oven, but they taste best fresh out the pan.
- Serve with lashings of real maple syrup and extra butter if you like.
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Thank you to Princess86342 from Instructables for supplying the additional pictures I forgot to take, you’re a star!