Here's one for those of you who want to make some super-special pancakes for Pancake Tuesday.
I originally wrote this post in 2012 and I remember thinking at the time that this photograph was SPECTACULAR. Oh how my standards have changed. And my camera. That changed too.
This extra special pancake post is in honour of Shrove/Pancake/Fat Tuesday. Whatever you want to call it the meaning is the same ... YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU'RE HAVING FOR DINNER TONIGHT! Because you're having pancakes.
You can throw in some bacon or mini-sizzlers too, or some fruit if you're feeling fruity.
For these rainbow pancakes I used genuine old fashioned food colouring because there was NO way I was going to start boiling beets and turmeric to come up with natural food colouring for a stack of pancakes.
I also used my favourite pancake recipe, which comes in a box, and it ain't a recipe box.
Just kidding. Boxed pancakes are actually fine, but I used a classic Buttermilk Pancakes recipe.
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Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 2 cups buttermilk if you don't have buttermilk just add 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice to 2 cups milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla optional
- 1 to 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
Instructions
- Sift together dry ingredients.
- In separate bowl, whisk together wet ingredients (not including vegetable oil)
- Make well in centre of dry ingredients and gently whisk in wet mixture until just barely incorporated. You want lumps to remain. Lumps are good!
- Heat pan to on medium. Brush with vegetable oil once hot.
- Drop ¼ - ½ cup onto griddle or non stick pan. Cook over medium heat until bubbles form on top. Flip, cook another 1 ½ - 2 minutes.
Notes
That right there is just a delicious pancake recipe for you for Shrove Tuesday. If you want to really make an impression here's how to turn those classic, fluffy pancakes into Rainbow Pancakes.
I personally think that Rainbow Pancakes are the most Mardi Gras-ish of all the pancake variations for the day.
Rainbow Pancake Instructions
- Measure out a half cup or so of your prepared pancake batter into a smaller bowl. (whatever amount you would use for 2 pancakes)
- Add 2-3 drops of food colouring. GENTLY mix so you don't knock all the air out of the pancakes.
- No matter how hard you try, they're going to end up being flatter than an "non rainbow" pancake. That's the price you pay to have a stack of pancakes that look like something Katy Perry would wear to an awards show.
Ingredients
- 4 slices bread
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup milk
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon optional
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoon butter
Instructions
- Whisk egg, milk, cinnamon (if using) and vanilla together.
- Dip each slice of bread into mixture and let it soak until the mixture is absorbed. The heartier the bread, the longer this takes. 30 seconds or so on each side.
- Heat non stick pan over medium/low heat then add 1 Tablespoon of butter.
- Fry soaked bread until golden on both sides. Place in 200 degree oven to keep warm.
- Repeat until all your bread is fried.
Nutrition
Either way you're having breakfast for dinner tonight and that right there is reason to be excited.
Love pancakes, and french toast! Thanks for reminding me it was pancake day! :)
The pancake and French toast recipes sound great. I had never heard of pancake day before. I'm in Tallahassee, Florida. We celebrate with King Cakes. I think the tradition started in New Orleans. I've ordered one for the first time, it has pineapple and cream cheese filling. Happy Fat Tuesday!
Oh! That’s right! I always forget it’s pancake day, simply because I’m not religious. But I’ll be religious for pancakes! And bacon! So thanks, that’s dinner settled for tonight!
My Grandkids love sprinkle pancakes. I put rainbow sprinkles in the batter. AS soon as the batter starts to wet the sprinkles, you get ribbons of colour through the mix. Or I add cocoa powder to the batter for chocolate ones, just 2-4 tbsps, enough to colour but not dry out the taste.
Mrs. B - Oooo! I'll have to try to Sprinkle idea. :) ~ karen
Well, this has been my first visit to your site, via pinterest, and I have laughed all night... and THEN... I was inspired to figure out how to fix something instead of asking YOU how to do it, I searched, found and answer and I JUST FIXED MY SHAKING PIPES ALL BY MYSELF....SO HAPPY!!!!! AND THANK YOU!!!!! WHAT AN INSPIRATION...
LOL. You're welcome. When people ask me how I got to be able to do all the things I do I usually tell them the only difference between me and someone else is ... I tried. That's really all it takes. :) ~ karen
Best best post... loved the "double pancakes" joke... best laugh of the day
Thanks Sherry. Yeah ... I liked the double rainbow pancakes too, LOL. ~ karen!
We have breakfast for dinner thursdays and pancakes are quite popular. I am always looking for different ideas. I saw this on pinterest and seeing as we are doing rainbows this week I thought it was perfect. Hoping I don't mess them up.
KewKew - You'll be fine. They're pretty hard to mess up. :) ~ karen
My 8 year old daughter made these on Shrove Tuesday. Her lil brother and sister LOVED them and now request them every weekend :)
Double Rainbow Pancakes???? That made me laugh, so hard!! You are funny..
THANK YOU Estee! I think you're the only one to mention the double rainbow pancakes. I actually made myself laugh with that one! ~ karen
Miss K,
I just stumbled upon your blog this morning through apartment therapy..and I've been spending way too much time reading your posts..I probably should get outta bed! :)there were times I had to wipe away hysterically-laughing-tears..especially LOVED the onion soup recipe on your dollar store table entry..
Enjoy your Sunday and thank you for making me laugh!
e
Thanks Estee! I mean .. sorry you've wasted your morning, but at least you've learned how to cure a yeast infection with frozen yogourt. Or have you got to that one yet? Oh dear. Sorry if I ruined the surprise. :) If you're so inclined ... please remember to vote for me. ~ karen!
Wow! What a colorful breakfast!
You should have seen it with the fresh fruit, whipped cream and orange juice. It looked like a Saturday morning cartoon on a plate. ~ karen
Wow, thanks for sharing! My kids will love these!! Off to the store I go to get buttermilk!!
Celine - Whenever I make them I just add the lemon juice to the milk. Works fine. Ya know ... if you can't be bothered to go to the store. ~ karen
I see you shaking your finger at me with your have to have to have to... so I will, I will make these for supper! Better get hubby to bring home some bacon...
Hah! ~ karen
Beautiful! In Sweden Fat Tuesday brings "semla" which is a sweet white bun filled with almond paste and whipped cream. Dust it all with icing sugar:-)
http://www.swea.org/semla___2013.aspx
Mmmmmm! I like anything filled with whipped cream. ~ k
You realize that NEXT Tuesday, February 28, leap-day, is actually NATIONAL PANCAKE DAY in the U.S.A. and possibly Canada, since it is sponsored by IHOP, the International House of Pancakes.
(Disclaimer: not having been north of the US border for some years, I cannot verify this. But you go ahead.)
Marti - Today's the day we Canadians are eating pancakes. I'm pretty excited for pancakes and bacon for dinner. ~ k
Is this a "Canadians All" thing? Or a "Fella and Me Invited Mom for Dinner and We're Serving Pancakes" thing?
All Canadian! Wooooo. ~ karen
Did you change the notification policy on your blog or did I inadvertently hit the "send me an email every time anyone replies to my comment" button somehow, somewhere? It's not that it's a bad thing... but it's unexpected and I'm curious.
I added a plugin so when I respond to people's questions they get a notification of it. ~ k!
Yeah, Wayne and Selina told me you're a LOT better at running your site than I am at op'ing NewsGaggle. But... I think we'd all be scared if I tried to "add a plug-in" (or heaven forbid a PINTEREST BUTTON!???) to NewsGaggle.
Scariest part of my day is logging into that dashboard! Eek! Where's my comforting carrot soup!??
LOL. It just takes some getting used to. You'll get comfortable with it. Lemme know if you have any questions you don't want to bother them with. ~ k
Those are the gayest pancakes ever. Definitely making these to be served with maple syrup, fresh strawberries and whipped cream.
The ladies of Liberal Kansas challanged the ladies of Olney England to a pancake race many years ago and it's quite the Shrove Tuesday event around here. I can't remember which country is ahead and I'm too lazy to look it up. They make the newspapers and TV stations and every few years in a low news lull, even the national news. You have to run in an apron and flip the pancakes a time or two but I don't think they have rainbow cakes. The Evans children send you thanks although they don't know it yet. I'll be making these for them tomorrow. Dang it, I'll have to look it up anyway because they will want to know why pancakes on Strove Tuesday and I can't say I don't know. My rep as a smart granny would be ruined.
When recipes say sift....do you reeeeaaalllllyyyy HAVE to, you know, sift?
Making these tomorrow.
Yum.
Thanks again.
Annie - Yeah ... you're usually better to sift, but sometimes I just put the dry ingredients into a bowl and whisk them together. So .... you can just whisk if you want. ~ karen!
Thank you.
I whisked. They were BRIL!
Buttermilk at room temp may have been good...my melted butter went all coagulate-y. Didn't seem to affect taste or aesthetic.
Thanks again
Annie
Excellent! I'm glad they worked out for you. ~ karen
Very nice, Karen! So vivid, so bright! But what does it meeaaannnn?!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX0D4oZwCsA
Heeeee! I love that. ~ k
Yay :) You should check out their "autotune the news" and Charlie Sheen songs. Totally wacky, catchy, and awesome.
You just made pancakes even cooler!
Hi Karen,
This is the first I have ever heard of Mardi Gras being pancake Tuesday! Thanks for the information. I am from New Orleans, and we don't have pancakes for breakfast on Mardi Gras; they would soak up the alcohol too quickly.
Bonnie - Not for breakfast ... for dinner! :) ~ karen