How to make the ultimate buttermilk pancakes

Thick, light and fluffy pancakes, every time.

There’s nothing quite like a pile of light and fluffy pancakes, warm from the frying pan. With Shrove Tuesday fast approaching, we’re here to show you a sensationally simple buttermilk recipe to impress your friends and family.

What’s more, we’ll help you get a stack of warm pancakes on the breakfast table in less than 10 minutes, even on a busy school morning!

The best buttermilk pancake recipe

Just seven simple ingredients, and your favourite toppings to serve.

To make about 12 pancakes you’ll need a frying pan, some sunflower oil, and the following ingredients.

150g plain flour

2 tsp baking powder

¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda

50g caster sugar

150ml buttermilk

25g melted butter (cooled)

2 eggs

How to make your pancakes

It couldn’t be more simple. Measure and sieve the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Whisk the wet ingredients together in a separate bowl, and add them to the dry mix, stirring continuously.

Fry your pancakes straight away on a medium heat if you have a leisurely morning planned. Alternatively, complete all the preparation steps the night before and pop everything into the fridge ready for a speedy breakfast in the morning.

Breakfast pancakes in less than 10 minutes

With a little preparation the night before, you’re all set to produce a speedy breakfast.

You’ve prepared your batter the night before and stored it overnight in a sealed container in the fridge. We used the set of four ridged melamine bowls with lids from dotcomgiftshop as a mixing bowl and storage containers for our batter and sliced fruit.

All you need to do when you wake up is heat your pan and spend a few minutes frying each pancake. And voila! Fresh, warm breakfast pancakes in the same time as it takes to make toast!

Watch dotcomgiftshop’s quick buttermilk pancake tutorial

If you want to serve up perfect buttermilk pancakes for breakfast in less than 10 minutes, you’ll need to make and store your pancake batter the night before. Check out these clever ‘mix-and-store’ solutions from the dotcomgiftshop kitchen:

From left to right: Set of 5 petite rose glass bowls with lids - £12.95; Set of 4 melamine bowls with lids - £29.99; Set of 5 blue tit glass bowls with lids - £12.95