Pancakes, do you go wild with the toppings?

I will be making pancakes later with a sprinkling of sugar and maple syrup on top (because we have no lemon in and I usually make Scotch pancakes, for which we have the maple syrup).

Lovely sharp lemon for me with just a little bit of sugar...

BoggledMind

I will be making pancakes later with a sprinkling of sugar and maple syrup on top (because we have no lemon in and I usually make Scotch pancakes, for which we have the maple syrup).

We have now had the aforementioned pancakes and I have to say they were delicious.

Lemon and sugar or chocolate spread are my favourites.

Banana blueberries and yoghurt-made by a friend.
It was delicious.

Lemon and sugar, maybe a drizzle of syrup, but I’ve run out of milk so no pancakes today!

I grew up with crepes, which I rolled up with extra butter and brown sugar, delicious!

Now I mostly make the small thick pancakes, served with butter and maple syrup. The grandkids like to have them with peanut butter and syrup.

Pancake Tuesday is not really a thing here, though. More celebrated by Catholics than others. I'm one of them, but non-observant, so keep forgetting about Shrove Tuesday.

I was at my daughter's this year.
A huge choice of fillings!
Cherry compote, rhubarb and vanilla, fresh blueberries, cream, ice-cream, yoghurt, maple syrup, hot melted chocolate, lemon, honey and sugar....
There were also bananas but I don't think anyone chose a banana.

There were seven of us (and 3 large boys) so dozens were made and all got devoured!

Lemon and sugar American style

Lemon and sugar only.

I had forgotten I also used to roll pancakes around a bolognaise sauce and bake in a dish covered with cheese sauce and grated cheese. Years and years ago.

I love crepe type pancakes, very thin with lemon and sugar.

However yesterday our lovely DiL made thicker, smaller pancakes and we went totally overboard! Melted white and milk chocolate, fresh strawberries and bananas and “shushy” cream! Good job it’s only once a year?

LOUISA1523

Lemon and sugar American style

American style? Sounds pretty English to me 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Orange and sugar for me....childhood thing. But I do like cherry and ice cream (Little Chefs used to do a lovely one UK)

Oh yes Polwal I remember that too!

Fresh lemon juice and caster sugar. Always.

Squeezed lemon and sugar for me.

That is not American though, that is traditionally English.

I’m now very tempted to make some, heated up in a sauce made of butter, sugar, orange and lemon juice, and a good slosh of orange liqueur - if we’ve still got any. The Cyprus version, Filfar, is what I’d usually use, but it’s all gone, so I hope there are still a few dregs of Cointreau.

My pancakes yesterday were the worst I've ever made.

I know we shouldn't use aluminium but my aluminium frying pan was the best for making pancakes (only used once a year). DH threw it out a few years ago because it looked tatty and he thought I never used it.

Which pans do you all prefer?

I make the sort mum made, Kartoffelpuffer.

Topped with apple sauce or creme fraiche.

Daughter2 gave me a ceramic 'GreenPan' perfect for pancakes.

Oreo

I go wild with the golden syrup bottle 🤭

Me too. When did pancake toppings get so fancy??

Norah

Daughter2 gave me a ceramic 'GreenPan' perfect for pancakes.

I'll have a look, thank you.

Regarding a recent question, I use a non-stick wok for pancakes as it's a good size with a decent flat bottom.

As a bonus, tossing them is easy as the wide rim creates plenty of landing room.

tossing them is easy as the wide (wok) rim creates plenty of landing room.

I'm the opposite, having learnt the art while living in Brittany. I use a pan with the shallowest rim possible to make a traditional galette with buckwheat. You shouldn't tip the pan to run the batter around it, but use a rozell, (Breton word for a wooden rake), to spread the mixture. It should be as thin as paper, you can almost see through it.

You apply the same principal to make a crêpe but it will be heavier because of the white flour. Here's some I made.

Or you could use a special pancake making hot plate.