Sweet pancake recipes
Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday) is a brilliant excuse to try one of our easy and oh-so satisfying sweet pancake recipes – but we’re in favour of fluffy dessert pancakes anytime!
Browse our collection of indulgent sweet pancake recipes, including caramel banana pancakes with salted peanuts, double chocolate pancakes and coconut pancakes with rum-roasted pineapple.
We also have traditional crêpes suzette and fluffy soufflé pancakes. Or go all-out with a pancake dessert worthy of a celebration: our tiramisu-flavoured crêpe cake. For our plant-based friends, we have a recipe for vegan blueberry pancakes, too.
If you want to create your own topping combos, start with our classic easy pancakes recipe and guide to creating perfect crêpe-style pancakes. We also have savoury pancake recipes to start your Pancake Day feast with…
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Strawberries
Strawberry dutch baby with strawberry-top syrup
A dutch baby is a bit like a sweet yorkshire pudding or giant pancake. Fill it with strawberries and ice cream for an easy dessert.
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Christmas breakfast
Gingerbread pancakes with bacon and maple syrup
Salty bacon, sweet maple syrup and fluffy gingerbread pancakes... what could make for a more festive breakfast on Christmas morning?
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Healthier pancakes
Vegan blueberry pancakes
A breakfast worth getting up for, these vegan pancakes are light, fluffy and speckled with tangy blueberries and chopped pecans.
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Pancakes
Malpua (Indian fried pancakes)
Malpua are sweet fried pancakes, and a staple of Indian cooking. Vivek Singh shares his family recipe for malpua with cardamom and raisins.
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Pancakes
Carrot cake waffles with orange mascarpone and candied walnuts
Fluffy waffles meet carrot cake in this delicious recipe. Top the golden waffles with candied walnuts and serve with orange mascarpone.
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Soufflé pancakes
Airy soufflé meets pancakes in our crossover recipe. Watch the pancake puff up in the pan then devour instantly with butter and maple syrup.
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Pancakes
Malpuas (sweet pancakes)
Rohit Ghai shares his recipe for malpuas, sweet pancakes fried in ghee and dipped in syrup. They’re traditionally made during festivals.
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Bonfire Night
Double chocolate pancake stack
Calling all chocolate lovers: behold this chocolate pancake stack drizzled with chocolate sauce! Could Pancake Day get any more decadent?
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Crêpes
Classic crêpe pancakes
Make Pancake Day one to remember by following this classic crêpe recipe: it'll have everyone rolling up for more!
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Easy pancakes
Anyone can give our easy pancakes a go and get flippin' fantastic results. Here's how to make the perfect pancake this Pancake Day.
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Sweet pancakes
Pancakes with caramelised banana and homemade Nutella-style sauce
This stack of buttermilk pancakes layered with caramelised banana and drenched in homemade 'Nutella' sauce is the ultimate blow-out brunch.
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Sweet pancakes
Cinnamon swirl pancakes
These eye-catching cinnamon swirl pancakes bring a sweet warmth with the addition of cinnamon that is oh-so comforting.
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Caramel banana pancakes with salted peanuts
Is there a better dish to wake up to than a stack of fluffy pancakes? Try these caramel banana ones for Pancake Day or a weekend brunch.
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Sweet pancakes
Jam jar pancakes with berries and crumbled flapjacks
Pancakes aren't just for Pancake Day – this recipe for a magical breakfast around a campfire stove is what summer memories are made of.
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Sweet pancakes
Ricotta pancakes with spiced pear and bacon butter
Sweet and salty with a hint of spice, these fluffy ricotta pancakes with bacon are very moreish. Serve for breakfast, brunch or Pancake Day.
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