Do you celebrate food holidays? Depending on what the food is, I do! I mean I’m not going to get behind National Brussels Sprouts Day, but National Pancake Day is a day I can support! For National Pancake Day, I’m sharing my grandma’s flannel cakes recipe. I have no idea how old this recipe is, but I remember her making them for me. I copied my favorites of her recipes when I got married. These take a little more time than normal pancakes, but they’re worth the effort!
Flannel Cakes Recipe
You might be saying to yourself, “What are flannel cakes?” I’ve read that they are possibly from the Pennsylvania Dutch or Amish. I can believe that. My heritage includes Pennsylvania Dutch, so maybe this is why my grandma made these. Who knows? This could be an ancient recipe brought over from the old country….or maybe not. Wherever the flannel cakes recipe originated, they are delicious.
Flannel Cakes are different than pancakes in that they don’t have any sugar added. The biggest difference though is that you separate the eggs and beat the egg whites until they are stiff before folding them in. Flannel cakes are much lighter than regular pancakes and are less filling.
Grandma’s recipe calls for you to sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder. Since I don’t have a sifter, I just mixed them together with a spoon. I do remember her sifting flour for no matter what recipe she was making that called for flour.
Separate the eggs and place the egg whites to the side for later. In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks and milk together with a whisk
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and then add melted butter. Beat this until smooth.
Beat the egg whites until they are stiff and make peaks. I used an egg beater
Gently fold the stiffly beaten egg whites into the batter.
Cook the flannel cakes on a hot griddle
Once you flip them over, cook them until they start steaming and then serve them hot with whatever toppings you want. Of course, I want mine with butter and syrup!
See how thin they are? They really are so light and delicious that you’re going to want seconds. Enjoy National Pancake Day with Flannel Cakes and eat more!
Grandma’s Flannel Cakes Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 c. flour
- 1 T. baking powder
- 1 t. salt
- 2 c. milk
- 2 eggs separated
- 2 T. melted butter
Instructions
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Sift or mix together flour, baking powder and salt
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In a separate bowl, beat egg yolks and milk
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Pour the milk mixture into the dry ingredients
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Add melted butter
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Beat the egg whites until stiff and peaks form
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Gently fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites
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Cook on a hot griddle until bubbles form
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Flip and when steam rises from griddle, they're done!
Have you ever made flannel cakes? Have you even heard of them? I’d love to hear what you think!
Yes, yes, yes! This sounds SOOOOO good. I can’t wait to make this for my kids.
They’ll love them.
How did you know my first thought was what are flannel cakes. No sugar and whipping the eggs to stiff peaks will make the difference. Will have to give your grandmothers recipe a try. Sound delicious.
They really are so light and yummy!
My mouth is watering now for the really tasty pancakes. This can really make a great breakfast or snacks.
They do! I like having the leftovers with peanut butter!
We like doing breakfast for dinner a lot and pancakes are usually at the top of that list. I will definitely be trying this one because it looks delicious.
I do as well! These are always a good choice!
I have never had flannel cakes but they sound delicious. I love that they don’t have any sugar in them.
You need to try them! They’re so good!
This article made me hungry at midnight! The recipe is incredibly easy and it looks mouth watering as well. I am definitely going to make this pancake, be it on pancake day or no pancake day!
Yes, they’re good for any day!
Those look so delicious! My son plays travel hockey so we haven’t had a good morning breakfast like that in eons! Thank goodness for spring break next week though. I’ll have to try it out then – or breakfast for dinner! Whoot!
I know it is hard to get a good breakfast in when you’re busy!
I have never had or even heard of flannel cakes! They sound so light and fluffy!
They are delicious!
We are most definitely a pancake family. So these look right up my griddle! I will have to try this new reicpe out as we haven’t made these before!
You’ll have to try them! They’re really good.
This is the first time I’ve ever heard of flannel cakes! Looks incredibly delicious though!
They are!
I have never tried flannel cakes before but they sure do look delicious. I would love to try this recipe. Maybe this weekend I’ll make this for breakfast!
I’m sure they’ll be a hit!
I don;t eat pancakes that much because they always feel heavy – these however look so light and tasty. Maybe we will try this recipe next time instead. Thanks for sharing.
These are really light, so I’m sure you’d like them better!
Oh that looks delicious. I need to try making flannel cakes, they look light and tasty.
They are so much lighter than pancakes.
My mom always made pancakes this way. She never bought pancake mix from the store! I want to try making it the way she does, just like what you did, but it is always the time factor that comes in the way of things!
I understand that! This way is best for sure.
I went to my favorite pancake spot in order to celebrate National Pancake Day–what a great choice! And since it was my son’s birthday we put a candle and sprinkles on top–so fun!
Oh, how fun! I’ll bet he loved it!
Yum! These look so good! We make pancakes often but never like this, they look so delicious. We will have to give this a try!
They’re different because they’re not at all heavy. They’re really good!
I really didn’t know that there was any different ways of making pancakes (or flannel cakes). This is a much healthier recipe it seems like, I think I need to try this recipe for myself.
Enjoy! They’re so much lighter than regular pancakes.
I love pancakes and it’s so nice that we have Pancake Day to celebrate it! I think this is an awesome recipe! It looks so good, I’m definitely craving right now.
You need to try this one! It’s different for sure!