Birthday Cake Pancakes
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Birthday Cake Pancakes
Description
Birthday Cake Pancakes bring together flour, yellow cake mix, sugar, baking powder, and eggs, balanced with milk and vanilla for flavor and moisture. Sprinkles folded into the batter add bursts of color and a playful texture. Cooking the batter slowly on a skillet ensures a delicate golden crust while keeping the inside soft and fluffy. The complementary vanilla glaze, made from powdered sugar, butter, vanilla extract, and milk, is drizzled over the pancakes to provide a glossy, sweet topping.
The pancakes work well for festive occasions or any morning when something a little more celebratory is desired. The glaze can be adjusted in thickness by varying milk quantity for drizzling or spreading. Extra sprinkles can be added for embellishment.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 box yellow cake mix 15.25 ounces, Betty Crocker brand
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch salt
- 2 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk , add more as needed
- Sprinkles assorted
For the glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Sprinkles assorted
- 2 tablespoons butter , softened
Instructions
- Combine flour, cake mix, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a large bowl and mix.
- Add 1 cup of milk, eggs, and vanilla extract to the dry ingredients.
- Stir until smooth.
- Add additional milk until batter has the consistency of pancake batter. You can also add more cake mix if you want your pancakes to have a stronger cake batter flavor.
- Preheat a skillet to low to medium heat.
- Fold desired amount of sprinkles into batter.
- Pour batter in 1/4 cup measurements onto skillet and let cook until golden brown and bubbles form on top, about 2-3 minutes.
- Flip and cook for 1 minute more.
- Serve with vanilla glaze (recipe follows).
- For vanilla glaze: mix powdered sugar, partially melted butter, and vanilla and milk until glaze forms. You may need to add a little more milk to reach desired consistency so that it can be drizzled.
- Drizzle on pancakes.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 10Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 344 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 344kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 69g | 23% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 40mg | 13% |
| Sodium | 421mg | 18% |
| Potassium | 123mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 37g | 74% |
| Vitamin A | 167IU | 3% |
| Calcium | 162mg | 16% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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