I’ve been looking for an occasion to make these fluffy, cake batter pancakes. That day arrived today when my sister called and said she’d had her baby! I was the proud aunt of a yummy little 4lb 12 oz baby boy! Yep, this was the PERFECT day to celebrate with birthday cake batter pancakes!!
And man oh man was my taste buds HAPPY!!!
Yellow cake mix, colorful sprinkles and a butter cream glaze turned these regular homemade pancakes into fluffy, exciting, cake batter pancakes ready to celebrate any occasion. ( I think I’ll start putting cake mix in all my pancakes!)
Honestly, I really wasn’t expecting myself to like them that much. I mean, I love cake batter stuff, but I don’t like for pancakes to be REALLY sweet. I just wanted to make them because they were pretty and I know how much Isaac loves sprinkles.
So imagine my surprise when I realized I was on my 4th pancake! I really had to stop myself from eating the whole batch. They are just sooo freakin’ good! Sweet but not overkill. Isaac thought they tasted like doughnuts lol.
I’ll definitely be starting this tradition for Isaac’s birthday breakfast in the future.
You can easily make these cake batter pancakes fit any occasion by changing out the sprinkles. Christmas? Use green, white and red. Valentines Day? Use pink, red, and white. Easter? Use pretty pastels…You get the point.
But today it’s all about my new little munchkin pie. Happy birthday Little D!! Welcome to this amazing world that just got better today!!!
Watch me make these cake batter pancakes from start to finish.
Cake Batter Pancakes Recipe
Ingredients
- PANCAKES
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup yellow cake mix
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs slightly beaten
- 1/4 cup butter softened
- 1 3/4 cup milk
- Colorful sprinkles
- BUTTERCREAM GLAZE
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoon butter melted
- 2 Tablespoons heavy cream
- 2-3 Tablespoon milk
- 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
- sprinkles
Instructions
- In a large bowl whisk together flour, cake mix, baking powder,
- sugar and salt.
- Add in beaten eggs, milk, and butter.
- Stir gently just until dry ingredients are well incorporated. Batter should be a little lumpy.
- Let batter sit for 7-10 minutes.
- Fold in sprinkle
- Heat buttered griddle to 375
- Add batter to the griddle using a 1/4 cup to scoop out the batter.
- When small bubbles start to break on the surface of the pancake, it is ready to flip.
- Stack pancakes on a plate when done.
- Make the glaze by combining all of the glaze ingredients.
- Stir until it reaches a glaze consistency. You may need to add more milk if it's to thick or more powdered sugar if it's too thin.
- Drizzle butter cream glaze over several pancakes and top with sprinkle.
- Enjoy!
Notes
I haven't tried different kinds of cake mixes with this recipes, but I hear it tastes great with lemon, strawberry and other flavors. Yum!
When making the glaze you may need to add more milk or powdered sugar to reach a glaze like consistency.
Since I have discovered your wonderful yellow cake…I dare to bring in the store brought cake mix lol! So…I don’t have boxed yellow cake mix, how can these still be awesome without it!?
Thanks Diva
These are definitely my favorite pancakes ever! I mean it. This may just be my opinion, but I’m gonna tell you, listen to me, they were so good! I made a triple amount of buttercream glaze and a double amount of delicious, fluffy pancakes! Believe me, your description was spot on correct!!! LOVE IT!!!
These were sooo delicious I couldn’t help myself I use fungetti cake mix and almond extract for my pancake mix and for the glaze I put wip cream instead of heavy cream best pancake everrr.