Pancake Day

Hahaha, the last blog post I wrote was all about diets and healthy eating (which is still going very well), and this post is about the most indulgent thing I think I have ever made.

Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day (as it is commonly known in the UK), is always a firm favourite in our house. Last year, we had sweet and savoury pancakes all day, and I was sick of them by lunch time. So I thought that this year I would try something different.

My husband and son are confessed Nutella addicts, and so after seeing the idea of a pancake cake on pinterest, I decided to attempt a cream and Nutella pancake cake.

Here is the recipe:

• Pancakes - you can find my recipe from last year HERE. I used about 8-10 pancakes, and they were about the size of a side plate.
• Nutella (A medium sized bottle)
• Double Cream (FRESH!) - whipped until it is stiff
• Hot Chocolate Powder, Chocolate and Berries to garnish

Once the pancakes are cooked. You need to put cream under the first one, and 'stick' it to the plate. You then put Nutella on the base pancake; and then alternate chocolate and cream layers, piling the pancakes on top of each other. Mine ended with cream, so I put an extra layer of Nutella, then covered the whole 'cake' with cream, sieved hot chocolate powder on top, and grated chocolate over that. You might as well go all out. :)

You can use jam and berries, or cinnamon and sugar, if you prefer. I had friends over yesterday and they couldn't believe how light this pancake cake was, and they really raved about it.

Enjoy! x

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Pancakes

So I know that I am a few days off with this post - but I figure, better late than never. Many people celebrated Shrove Tuesday on the 22nd February 2012. Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is known by most as pancake day. It is the day before Ash Wednesday and the day before Lent begins.

So while I thought we'd have an ENTIRE day of pancake eating, we only made them mid-day (we were out in the morning). After three pancakes I felt so ill from the sugar overdrive, we didn't make any more! :) Here's the recipe we used.

Ingredients:
about half a cup of plain flour
pinch of salt
2 eggs
about 3/4 cup of milk
1/3 cup of water
50 g butter

Directions:
Mix all together, until smooth. Add more liquid or flour, to adjust the consistency to suit your preferences. Pour some oil onto kitchen paper and lightly grease the pan. Flip away... :)

Use sugar and cinnamon, castor sugar and lemon, nutella, ham and cheese, savoury mince or any other topping you like. Roll or fold, and serve!

Buon appetito,
x