It's my birthday ... and I'll eat pancakes if I want to!
January 11, 2007 at 10:04 AM
by Ashleigh
Nigella's American Breakfast Pancakes
I'm 33 today. Wow. Say it with me .. thirty three. Thirty three years. Twelve thousand and forty five days. Two hundred and eighty nine thousand and eighty hours. Hmm. Going to stop counting there!
I'm think I'm happier to be thirty three than I was to be thirty two. Is that weird?
We had pancakes for breakfast, with berries. Yum. From my new Nigella book. I think I must be the last person in the universe to buy Nigella's books, but this little love affair started after reading Feast in Dutch. Then I bought Feast in English, and for my birthday I bought 'How to be a Domestic Goddess'. This is her American pancake recipe. I adapted it to use a mixture of wholewheat and other grains.
Nigella's American Breakfast Pancakes
225 g plain flour (or a mixture of wholewheat, white, spelt etc)
1 tablespoon baking powder (I used one of the Dutch sachets of baking powder)
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon sugar (I used a sachet of vanilla sugar)
3 large eggs
30 g butter, melted and cooled (I used that liquid margarine)
300 ml milk
- Measure the flour into a bowl, add the baking powder, salt and sugar.
- Make a well in the centre and add the milk, eggs and melted butter.
- Plop spoonfuls onto a greased hot griddle/non-stick frying pan/cast iron pan and turn when they start to bubble through to the uncooked side. It doesn't take long. I do the first few on about 7/8 (the dial on my hob runs from 1 - 9) and then turn it down to 5.
- Serve with cinnamon sugar, berries and maple syrup. My berries came out of the freezer last night and defrosted overnight, ready to serve this morning.
As for me, I'm having lunch with a friend, making cheesecake this afternoon, then going out to dinner.
Looks like it's all about the food today. Which bodes pretty well for my 34th year, don't you think?
Comments
Happy Birthday Ash!! Have a good day. I bought Feast in Dutch not so long ago. It's weird because I also felt like the only one without Nigella's books but I'm the only one who didn't read The da Vinci Code either.
Happy Birthday Ash!! (I'm 33 this year too, 74 was a good year!)
Those pancakes look magnificent! I'll have to dig out my copy of How to be a domestic goddess and have a flick through.
Ash, you're still a pink-cheeked baby face. Happy Birthday!
BTW, check back at Neil's. I left another comment....
Happy Birthday! And those pancakes sure look good. I wonder what makes them "American" Pancakes?
Well.... van harte gefeliciteerd met je 33e verjaardag!
Those pancakes look amazing, almost too pretty to eat.
Have a nice day!
Yay! Happy Birthday! Hope you have a fantabulous day. Don't worry, I not only don't own any Nigella books, I don't own a Jamie Oliver either, even though I love to cook.
Happy B'day... or as we dutchies say... gefeliciflap.
I can't think of a better way to start a birthday than having pancakes for breakfast! I made them for us on Christmas morning, and when I mentioned it at lunchtime, one of Ken's family members asked why....
Happy Birthday, Ash! And just in case you haven't read my blog, your Christmas cake arrived safely and was delicious - thank you!
Happy birthday Ash! 33! And what a way to celebrate. And by the way, you're not the last person on earth to buy Nigella's books. We adore her! And I think everybody should, given that pancake recipe of hers!
Just wanted to be recorded as the 10th person saying happy birthday on your blog .... the day isn't over yet, so Happy Birthday!! Hope you're enjoying supper ;)
Many Happy Returns. I hope you are spoilt!
Happy BIrthday !
happy birthday! you're going to post a photo of that cheesecake too, right? ;-)
Happy Birthday Ash
Happy birthday Ash! Thirty three was a great year for me and I'm hoping the same goes for you.
I adore those pancakes (do you use buttermilk? They are as light as a feather with it!) Also, make sure you try the ones in Feast, with buttermilk and banana. They are delicious.
Pancakes and cheesecake - wow! :)What a great way to do the day!
Hi Ash,
Happy belated birthday! I too will be 33 this year...sigh. Thanks for posting a comment, I can't believe that it's taken me so long to search for other folks blogging in EN in the NL. I was a bit slack last year, but it's one of my New Years resolutions, to do better: blog more, cook more and do more foodie activities. Care to join me?
Ciao, Mari
Happy birthday girl!!!
Well 33 is nothing yet, you're young and happy! eat your pancakes and enjoy them.....looks good to me for a birthday breakfast. mmm and the look good without a birthday too...:-)
Awww, pancakes for breakfast! Why didn't you invite me? We had a pan-cake fest the other day, made a few different batters, and had a go at it using the table griddle thing I got as a present. We liked the american ones best!
Happy Birthday from the owner of beadmerrily which you linked to below :)
I turned 33 on the 10th :) but you got a better breakfast!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Have a wonderful day. Your pancakes look delectable.
(I turn 33 in a few months too.)
January 11, 2007 11:02 AM