Treat yourself on weekend with fluffy pancakes. Warm stack of pancakes, drizzled with maple syrup and served with fruits. This a simple pancake recipe with no bircarb soda or buttermilk required. All you need is plain flour, baking powder, egg, milk and sugar – the ingredients we all have in our pantry.
HOW TO MAKE FLUFFY PANCAKES?
The secret to pancakes lies in the batter. The batter needs to be right consistency to make perfect fluffy pancakes. If the batter is thick it will result in thick pancakes that are uncooked inside or if the batter is runny it will make flat pancakes. The batter should be thick enough to easily spread but shouldn’t be runny that it spreads too thinly.
The second tip is the right temperature of the pan or griddle. Preheat the griddle, once hot turn the heat low. This makes pancake rise and cook through evenly. If the pan is constantly hot it will cook the pancakes outside but inside will be undercooked and they wont rise either. To make evenly sized pancakes so they stack up nicely use a small cup ( measuring cup 1/4). I use my ice cream scoop. Don’t rush to flip the pancake. Once you start to see bubbles coming up, its time to flip.
PANCAKE TOPPING IDEAS
When it comes to topping the pancakes the choices are unlimited. Here are some ideas.
- Butter and maple syrup – the classic way and by far most popular. Some people like to alternate maple syrup with honey or golden syrup.
- Whipped Cream
- Sauces – like chocolate sauce, butterscotch sauce or caramel sauce. And also Nutella.
- Fruit compotes like strawberry, raspberry etc.
- Fresh fruit – bananas, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries
- Ice cream – add a scoop onto a stack and drizzle with your favourite sauce.
WATCH HOW TO MAKE IT
Fluffy Pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 cups 300 g Plain Flour
- 3 tsp Baking Powder
- 1¾ cup 435 ml Milk
- 1 Egg
- ¼ cup 55 g Caster Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence (Optional)
- Butter for cooking
Instructions
- In a bowl combine flour and baking powder and mix.
- Add milk and egg, mix it using a whisk. The mixture doesn't have to be smooth but it shouldn't be lumpy.
- Heat a non stick pan untill hot, turn the heat to medium low. Put a teaspoon of butter and spread it around. Pour ¼ cup of batter , you can use ice cream scoop too.
- Once the bubbles start to form, flip the pancake and cook untill the other side is golden too.
- Repeat the process with remaining batter.
- Serve warm with your favourite toppings !
