Light, fluffy, and loaded with sprinkles, these birthday cake pancakes are great for birthday celebrations or other celebrations. Instead of baking cakes, you can surprise your kids with these birthday pancakes loaded with sprinkles!
1 ¼cupmilkplus extra as needed to adjust batter consistency
1teaspoonvanilla extract
2eggs
Vanilla Glaze –
1 ½cuppowdered sugar
¼teaspoonvanilla extract
½cupwhipping cream
For Topping –
Whipping cream or cool whip
Sprinkles
Instructions
This Funfetti cake pancake batter is super easy to make and comes together really fast. This recipe uses box mixes – both pancake box mixes and yellow cake mixes. You can make your own homemade pancake and cake mix and use that instead of box mix as well.
Add 1 tablespoon of plain flour to the sprinkles. Mix and set aside until use.
For pancake batter –
In a medium bowl mix dry ingredients pancake mix, yellow cake mix, and set aside.
In another bowl whisk together wet ingredients - 2 eggs, milk, vegetable oil, vanilla extract. Whisk together until smooth.
Add the dry mix to the bowl of wet mix. Do NOT OVER MIX. It’s okay if the batter has small lumps. They will disappear once you cook them.
Cook pancakes –
When you are ready to make pancakes, add sprinkles to the batter and stir very gently making sure you don’t over-mix.
On a hot griddle ladle out ¼ cup of pancake batter. If you have a large griddle pour two or three pancakes on the griddle. Cook on medium-low flame.
Once the cakes begin to bubble it’s time to flip. Carefully flip the pancakes and cook on the other side on medium flame.
Remove from griddle and serve immediately with vanilla glaze and whipped cream
These are great to make ahead and freeze. Wrap individual pancakes in cling film, place them in zip-lock bags or air-tight containers, and freeze them.
When you don’t have time to cook up a batch on busy mornings, simply remove it from the freezer, reheat, and serve.
For vanilla glaze –
Whisk together powdered sugar, vanilla, and heavy whipping cream. It should be of pouring consistency. If the glaze is too thick, add more cream.
Whipped cream –
Whisk chilled heavy whipping cream using a hand beater until stiff peaks are formed. Transfer to piping bags fitted with a star nozzle.
Serve funfetti pancakes with vanilla glaze, whipped cream on top, and sprinkles.
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Notes
For fluffy pancakes, do NOT over-mix the batter. Pancake batter can have a few lumps and they will disappear when cooked.
Rest the pancake batter before cooking for a few minutes. Resting will help make soft pancakes. Note – do not add jimmies or sprinkles at this point. Add it after resting time when ready to cook.
Over-mixing will take away the beautiful soft texture of pancakes. Nobody wants tough/hard pancakes. Once flour comes together with wet ingredients, STOP MIXING, even if you see lumps.
Use a heavy pan like a cast iron griddle to cook pancakes, so pancakes won’t stick.
The griddle should be hot enough before you start cooking. Preheat the griddle when the pancake batter is resting. If the griddle is too hot, pancakes will burn from the outside, under-cooked inside. If the griddle is not hot enough, pancakes will take longer to cook and will turn hard.
Spray or grease pan with very little cooking oil or butter, to help release pancakes easily. Remember pancakes will absorb the oil or butter, use little.
Use good-quality sprinkles so the colors don’t run into the batter. Another great tip is to fold sprinkles with a little flour first before mixing them into the batter.
Once you fold in sprinkles into the batter, cook pancakes immediately.
It’s important to know when you should flip pancakes. Once the edges start to cook and you see a couple of bubbles at the center, carefully flip. It takes less time to cook the top side than the bottom side.
Flipping is done only ONCE. So wait before you flip. Flip only after the bottom side is cooked.
Do not press down the pancakes. You want them to be soft and fluffy!
For homemade pancake mix – use 1 cup all-purpose flour add 2 teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, and ¼ teaspoon salt.
 Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that the nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.