Cake Batter Pancakes.
I’m fairly convinced that the world would be a better place if more sprinkles were involved.
I know. I just made pancakes. It seems I have an unnatural obsession with cake batter. Well I do.
But hear me out.
When I develop recipes, I try to make all of them for a purpose. We really hate to waste food in this house. Crab cakes for dinner, cake for a birthday party, quinoa as a side dish… it all works out. I get to share it with you and we get to eat it.
Then sometimes, I get ideas in my head. Ideas that get me so worked up that I must attempt the recipe and give it a shot as soon as possible, even if it isn’t something we will eat every day. Otherwise, I cannot stop thinking about it. These are the things that keep me up at night.
Case in point: it isn’t anyone’s birthday. It’s not even really close to anyone’s birthday.
But I don’t need an excuse to eat cake and sprinkles. I believe it should be a daily occurrence.
And because pancakes always need some sort of topping, I went with a sprinkled glaze.
Because nothing goes better with cake than more sugar!
These are just plain fun.
Sure, they would be best for a special occasion like a birthday, but they also work on a random Saturday in January when it’s -2 degrees outside and all you want to see is some sunshine.
And you don’t feel like getting on the treadmill, so you decided to eat cake instead.
That wasn’t me. I swear.
And yes, this means you will have an open box of cake mix, just like you did with the cake batter bark. This is okay. You will manage. Sure, you may find yourself mixing cake mix with odd ingredients, but so what? Mother Lovett always had an open box of cake mix in her pantry. Given hers were usually about 4 years old… but still.
Just do it.
Cake Batter Pancakes
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup yellow cake mix
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1-2 cups milk, I used vanilla almond milk
- assorted sprinkles
glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- assorted sprinkles
Instructions
- Combine flour, cake mix, baking powder, sugar and salt in a bowl and mix. Add 1 cup of milk, egg and vanilla extract and stir until smooth. You want the batter to look like regular pancake batter; not too thin, not too thick. This will vary greatly on the brand of cake mix you use. Start with 1 cup of milk and add more if needed. I suggest a small taste test as well to see if the pancakes are flavored enough.
- Preheat a skillet on medium heat (I use an electric grilled and turn it to 250 degrees). Fold desired amount of sprinkles into batter. Pour batter in 1/4 cup measurements onto skillet and let cook until bubbles form on top, about 2-3 minutes. Flip and cook for 1 minute more. Serve with vanilla glaze.
glaze
- Mix milk, extract and powdered sugar until glaze forms. You may need to add a little more sugar or water/milk to reach desired consistency. Mix into glaze and drizzle on pancakes.
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674 Comments on “Cake Batter Pancakes.”
they look delish!
I must try out your pancake recipe tomorrow for the kids, thanks!
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Yum. Birthday pancakes. I could eat a realllllllly big stack of these right now.
could you just prepare cake mix batter and then cook it on a pan like pancakes? or is adding the additional flour necessary?
I’m not sure, I didn’t try it that way! I made it more of a pancake mix because I didn’t want to eat straight up cake for breakfast.
This is great…I am keeping this for when my daughter starts having sleepovers. She just turned 8 so it won’t be long. Thanks!!!!
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Thanks girl!
That looks AMAZING. I love anything with sprinkles!
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Okay, you are evil. But these are delicious.
I made them a smaller though (I have roommates, it made them easier to share, as to not share would have risked my life!), so I’ve been jokingly calling them pancake cupcakes.
Hahaha love it!
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Love this idea! Simple. sweet. perfect.
So I share this obsession with cake batter and these remind me of funfetti cupcakes which just happens to be my FAVORITE! These just look dangerous…
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You fell out of my reader!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just found you again because Graduate Meghann linked here! Boo for losing you, but I’m glad I found you again! :)
Though I may come to rue the day I found this place, this is absolutely perfect for DD birthday coming up. Although after making them, there may be no going back.
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i made these this mornin for a second time but this go around i used chocolate cake mix, and to make it healthy i cut the milk with greek yogurt and added blueberries to my rainbow sprinkles and icing/syrup. they were to die for and certainly right up your alley. thank you thank you thank you for broadening my kitchen mind and my waistline! <3
Love that idea!
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These were AMAZINGLY tasty and so much fun to make! Thank you so much for sharing (not to mention, CREATING) them. :)
These are great! I modified them to have one cup of oats and one cup of wheat flour, instead of white flour. Now jam packed with fiber and the oats gave them a little crunch! Mmmm, thanks for sharing!
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Like wouldn’t be the same without sprinkles! If I could, I would add sprinkles to every meal. I need to make these A.S.A.P :)
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O. M. G. I just found these! Did I mention that the Hubs and I looooove funfetti cake? Did I mention that these totally remind me of funfetti cake? Did I mention that we had a funfetti cake at our WEDDING!?!?!? I am totally making these this weekend for the Hubs. Genius.
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these look amazing. perfect for after breakfast-for-dinner.
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Very cute idea .I will try these out soon. I was thinking what if you made the glaze with a little maple syrup too?
I was thinking of replacing the glaze with honey or maple syrup to give it a more pancake like feel to it.
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YUMMM…had these this morning and it totally brightened my day :) Best breakfast ever. Just found your blog and so happy I did! Thank you so much!