Brentastic Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 I've been wanting to make some pancakes for the family but I've never made pancakes. Does anyone have a "killer" recipe they'd like to share so I can make some cakes next weekend? FYI, I'm not a fan of fruit or anything "healthy" like that. The richer and sweeter the better. I love vanilla too, so any recipe that involved vanilla extract would probably be a hit with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) Bisquick, milk, eggs, salt, pepper, cinnamon, small pinch of nutmeg, vanilla extract. Makes great cakes. Edited February 26, 2012 by Caveman_Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 (edited) Also, you can get madagascar vanilla sugar. Whip the sugar with butter (and a little bit of cinnamon if you like) and use that for the butter you put on the cakes. Mmmmmm. Edited February 26, 2012 by Caveman_Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Neutron Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Also, you can get madagascar vanilla sugar. Mmmmmm. Recentluy found some madagascar bourbon vanilla.... killer. Especially like it in my coke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentastic Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Bisquick, milk, eggs, salt, pepper, cinnamon, small pinch of nutmeg, vanilla extract. Makes great cakes. So do I follow the directions on the bisquick box then just add the spices in teaspoons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bier Meister Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 alton brown has a good mixture. i typically use bisquick, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon in the batter. sometimes i will add some creamer that mrs has around, or cocoa. there are several pancake threads floating around, but i don't know how to use the quote feature for the new format yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundaynfl Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Agree with Bier, the Alton Brown one is the one we always use. DON"T OVER MIX! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 So do I follow the directions on the bisquick box then just add the spices in teaspoons? Not exactly. There isn't so much an exact amount that I use, I just eyeball it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentastic Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 I finally made some cakes for the family this morning. Here's the recipe I used: 2 cups Bisquick 1 3/4 cups buttermilk 1 tsp baking soda 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp cinnamon 2 tbsp sugar 2 eggs Flavor was great but they did not rise very much and were not very fluffy. Any tips on how to get my cakes fluffier? Like I said though, the taste, which is most important was great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesVikes Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I have an aunt that makes my batter for me. Aunt jemima. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundaynfl Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I finally made some cakes for the family this morning. Here's the recipe I used: 2 cups Bisquick 1 3/4 cups buttermilk 1 tsp baking soda 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp cinnamon 2 tbsp sugar 2 eggs Flavor was great but they did not rise very much and were not very fluffy. Any tips on how to get my cakes fluffier? Like I said though, the taste, which is most important was great! Add some Club Soda to the mix to get lighter fluffier cakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I finally made some cakes for the family this morning. Here's the recipe I used: 2 cups Bisquick 1 3/4 cups buttermilk 1 tsp baking soda 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp cinnamon 2 tbsp sugar 2 eggs Flavor was great but they did not rise very much and were not very fluffy. Any tips on how to get my cakes fluffier? Like I said though, the taste, which is most important was great! Buttermilk will weigh them down. Cut that with half milk, and if that does not doo the trick try adding a small egg to the mix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddahj Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) Recentluy found some madagascar bourbon vanilla.... killer. Especially like it in my coke. Doesn't it clump up the coke & make it hard to snort??? Edited March 6, 2012 by buddahj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddahj Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Here's the recipe I used last night. 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon white sugar 1 1/4 cups milk 1 egg 3 tablespoons butter, melted I also threw in some cinnamon. These fluffed up pretty good. Did you sift or mix the dry ingredients before adding the wet ingredients? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentastic Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 Buttermilk will weigh them down. Cut that with half milk, and if that does not doo the trick try adding a small egg to the mix Yeah, either that or I was thinking of cutting back to 1 1/4 cups of buttermilk. The batter was too liquify, imo and probably needs to be thicker. Although I'm not sure if thicker batter makes thicker/fluffier cakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentastic Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 Here's the recipe I used last night. 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon white sugar 1 1/4 cups milk 1 egg 3 tablespoons butter, melted I also threw in some cinnamon. These fluffed up pretty good. Did you sift or mix the dry ingredients before adding the wet ingredients? I did not sift the dry stuff. I tried to break up the clumps with a fork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentastic Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 Buttermilk will weigh them down. Cut that with half milk, and if that does not doo the trick try adding a small egg to the mix This did the trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chavez Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 2 C milk 1 1/2 C flour 3 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tbsp honey 3 tbsp butter 1 egg My trick is to throw it all in the blender and use that to mix it up. Using honey instead of sugar really seems to make a difference. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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