Rainbow pancakes

Kids and adults alike will love these super colourful pancakes, perfect for a celebratory breakfast or brunch. Stack them up and top with whipped cream, maple syrup and mixed berries.

Prep:10 mins
Cook:20 mins

Serves 4
Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 324
fat 10g
saturates 5g
carbs 46g
sugars 8g
fibre 2g
protein 11g
salt 1g

Ingredients

200g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp golden caster sugar
½ tsp vanilla extract
200ml milk
3 eggs
25g butter, melted, plus extra for frying
red, yellow, green and blue gel food colouring
punnet raspberries
punnet blueberries
whipped cream or ice cream
maple syrup

Tip

Using gel colouring

Gel food colouring will give you the brightest result but just add a tiny bit at a time as it’s strong stuff.

Stack a rainbow

To create a full rainbow effect, we stacked our pancakes in the following order (from the bottom): blue, green, plain, yellow, red. You can mix them up however you like though.

Method

Put all the pancake ingredients, except the dye, in a bowl and mix well with a whisk until smooth. Divide the batter into 5 bowls or disposable cups. Use the food colouring to dye 4 of them a different colour, leaving one plain.
Melt a small knob of butter in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium-low heat. Once foaming put spoonfuls of the pancake batter into the pan and shape into 4-5cm circles with the back of your spoon, you should have enough to make 4 pancakes from each coloured batter. Cook for 2-3 mins then flip over and cook the other side for another minute or until cooked through and ever so slightly golden.
Stack the pancakes so that everyone gets one of each colour. Serve with fresh fruit, cream or ice cream and a drizzle of maple syrup if you like.