Easy Pancake Recipe Without Baking Powder
This is a classic pancake recipe. These are with all the ingredients you’d expect: self-raising flour, eggs, milk and of course, no baking powder!
Servings: 8 pancakes
Ingredients
- 2 large eggs
- 425 ml milk (whole milk ideally) 1 + 3/4 cups
- 280 g self raising flour 2 cups + 1/4 cup
- 1-2 tbsp caster sugar - optional
To serve:
- Butter for frying and serving
- Maple syrup to serve
- Blueberries or chocolate chips - optional
Instructions
- Whisk the eggs and milk together to combine in a large bowl. Add in the flour, and whisk until the batter is completely smooth.
- Heat a nonstick pan over medium heat and add a little butter. I do this with a piece of kitchen paper for ease. Once hot scoop about 2 tbsp of batter at a time for each pancake and cook.
- Once in the pan and slightly set around the edges, but not yet bubbling on top, add the blueberries or chocolate chips.
- Once bubbles appear on top, flip and cook until golden. The size of your pan and the size of the pancakes will determine how many pancakes you can cook at a time but this should make at least 8 pancakes.
- Serve with a pat of butter, maple syrup and enjoy!
Notes
Conversions: To be helpful, we've provided conversions if you are in America and like using cups but we should say, for accuracy, we really do recommend weighing. It's the British way of doing it and is the most accurate way to get the best cakes. We've tried to make your life easier but for the best cakes, please use weights provided!
Frying: I always add a little more butter to the pan in between batches so they are all fried in butter and don't stick.
When to flip: Only flip the pancakes when they have bubbles on the surface. This is how you know they are done enough to flip so they don't break and go everywhere.
Sugar: I often make these without adding any extra sugar, if I'm adding blueberries and maple syrup - I don't find they need sugar. If you do like a little extra sweetness, add 1-2 tbsp of caster or granulated sugar to the batter, at the same time as the flour.