Six pancake recipes and decorating ideas your kids will love this Pancake Day

Pancake Tuesday is here at last, and we couldn’t be more delighted. To help your kids get into the Pancake Day spirit, why not try your hand at one or two of these fun and foolproof recipes, courtesy of Annabele Karmel?

No matter what your kitchen expertise is, there’s a pancake recipe for everyone!

Caterpillar Pancakes

Ingredients:

200g self-raising flour 

1 tbsp caster sugar 

3 eggs 

175ml milk of choice 

1 tsp sunflower oil 

honey, to drizzle 

To decorate

2 strawberries 

handful of blueberries

Method:

Measure the flour and sugar into a mixing bowl. 

Make a well in the centre and crack in the eggs. 

Carefully pour half the milk into the bowl and whisk everything together until you have a smooth batter. Slowly add the rest of the milk, whisking as you go. 

Place the oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add 2 large spoonfuls of the mixture and fry for 1–2 minutes on each side, until lightly golden and cooked through. 

Remove from the pan and place on a plate. Cover with a tea towel to keep warm while you make the rest. Continue until all the batter has been used up. 

Line up the pancakes to make a breakfast caterpillar – use slices of strawberry for the legs and mouth, and blueberries for eyes.

Bear Pancake Stack

Ingredients:

175g self-raising flour 

1/2 teaspoon bicarb of soda 

pinch salt 

20g caster sugar 

1 egg, beaten 

150mls buttermilk 

150mls whole milk 

40g butter, melted 

1 small ripe banana, mashed 

To decorate:

2 blueberries 

Chocolate writing icing 

Chocolate chip 

Cocktail sticks 

Method:

Measure the flour, bicarb, salt and caster sugar into a mixing bowl. Add the egg, buttermilk, milk, butter, and mashed banana. Whisk together until smooth. 

Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Add large spoonful’s of the mixture to the pan. Fry for 2/3 minutes, then flip over and fry on the other sides for 2 minutes. Make 8 medium sized pancakes. 

Use remaining mixture to make 3 small pancakes for the bears nose and ears 

Arrange the pancakes in a stack and use 2 cocktail sticks to create the bears ears. Stick 2 blueberries with writing icing as the bears eyes and create the mouth with a choc chip for the nose & draw a mouth with the chocolate writing icing.

Baby’s First Pancake - Banana, Apple & Yoghurt Pancakes

Ingredients:

1 egg

175 g/6 oz Greek yoghurt

50 ml/2 fl oz milk

100 g/4 oz self-raising flour

1 overripe banana, peeled and mashed

1 sweet eating apple, peeled, cored and

grated

sunflower or vegetable oil, for cooking

Method:

Crack the egg into a bowl and whisk with the yoghurt and milk. Sift in the flour and whisk until smooth. Add the banana and apple and mix well.

Heat a little oil in a large frying pan. Spoon small amounts of batter into the pan. Fry for a few seconds until bubbles appear on the surface. Flip over and cook on the other side for one minute until lightly golden.

Hunny Bunny Pancakes

Ingredients:

150 g self-raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 eggs

150 ml milk

25 g caster sugar

20 g butter

1 tbsp sunflower oil

125 ml double cream

3 bananas, sliced

honey or maple syrup

Method:

Measure the flour, baking powder, caster sugar, eggs and milk into a mixing bowl. Whisk until you have a smooth batter.

Heat a little butter and oil in a frying pan. Spoon tablespoons of batter into the pan to make fairly large round pancakes for the body. When bubbles appear, flip the pancakes over and cook on the other side for a few minutes. In the same way, make smaller pancakes for the face and the paws of the rabbit. Continue to cook the pancakes until all the batter is used up, adding more butter and oil to the pan as and when necessary.

Arrange the pancakes on plates to make the shape of a bunny and decorate with slices of banana for the ears and the feet.

Whip the cream until soft peaks form, then pipe a tail onto each of the bunnies.

Drizzle with a little honey or maple syrup.

Mini Pancakes with Banana & Oats​

Ingredients:

1 ripe banana, mashed

100g porridge oats

2 eggs

1 ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda

125ml milk

½ tsp vanilla extract

25g self raising flour

Method:

Measure all of the ingredients into a processor. Whiz until smooth and pour into a jug.

Heat a little oil in a frying pan. Fry spoonfuls of the mixture for 1 to 2 minutes each side.

Banana, Blueberry & Coconut Pancakes

Ingredients:

​1 ripe banana

1 egg

50g porridge oats

150ml milk

20g desiccated coconut

50g blueberries

a few drops of pure vanilla extract

Generous knob of butter

Method:

​1. Place all the ingredients, except the blueberries, into a jug. Blend until smooth using an electric stick blender. Add the blueberries.

​2. Heat a little oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Add the butter and when it is foaming, add large heaped tablespoons of the mixture to the pan. Cook for 2 minutes, then flip over and cook for another 1–2 minutes until golden brown and cooked through. (You should be able to get 5–6 pancakes in the pan at one go, so cook in batches.)

 

Exclusive recipes from Annabele Karmel’s new cookbook, Fun Fast & Easy Children’s Cookbook.

 

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