Find the perfect Pancake Tuesday recipe here, from fluffy buttermilk pancakes with crispy bacon, to chocolate pancakes dripping with maple syrup and banana pancakes. There are also gluten free options. Pancake Tuesday is the one day of the year when you could eat pancakes for every meal!
Pancake Day falls on Shrove Tuesday, which is the Tuesday before Lent begins. “Shrove” comes from the old word “shriven” or “shriving”, which means to confess and be forgiven for your sins.
Where do pancakes come into it? Traditionally, Lent involved giving up rich foods like butter, sugar and eggs, so Shrove Tuesday was the last day people could indulge in a treat like a fluffy pancake before Easter.
We hope you enjoy indulging in these pancake recipes below, whether you make them for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dessert.
Fluffy buttermilk pancakes
Sticky date pancakes and candied walnuts
Kumara pancakes with maple yoghurt
Julie Goodwin’s jaffa pancakes
Gluten-free pancakes with strawberries
Banana pancakes with choc-peanut sauce
Dutch chocolate pancakes with banana
Three ingredient banana and peanut butter pancakes
Banana pancakes with butterscotch sauce
Banana maple pancakes
Blueberry buttermilk pancakes with bacon
Lemon and sugar pancakes
Gluten-free pancakes with grilled honey bananas and raspberries
Pancakes with fragrant apricot compote
Oat pancakes with bacon and figs
Pancakes with chocolate butter
Apple and cinnamon pancakes with maple syrup
Buttermilk pancakes with raspberry butter
Dark chocolate pancakes with marmalade and crème fraîche
Almond, banana and blueberry pancakes
Korean walnut pancakes with black sesame ice-cream
Blueberry pancakes with bacon
Pancakes with choc-hazelnut sauce
White chocolate pancakes with mango
Buttermilk pancakes with golden pears
Ricotta pancakes
Pancakes with three toppings
Strawberry buttermilk pancakes
Buttermilk pancakes with poached pears
Buckwheat pancakes with mixed berries
Chocolate pancakes with chocolate custard
Strawberry and ricotta pancakes with honey
Caramelised apple pancakes
Basic pancake recipe for Pancake Tuesday
For our Test Kitchen tips, see how to make perfectly fluffy pancakes every time. The secret is in the whisking! You may also like our basic crepe recipe, or these buttermilk pikelets.
What if I don’t have buttermilk?
Some of these Pancake Tuesday recipes call for buttermilk. If you don’t have any on hand, it is simple to make a buttermilk substitute at home using either vinegar or lemon juice. Additionally, see this list of buttermilk substitute ideas. Many of the options you’ll likely have in your fridge already.
Do you have more savoury pancake recipes?
Yes, we do! See our collection of delicious savoury crepes and pancakes. The list includes easy polenta and sausage pancakes, seafood mornay crepes, peking duck pancakes, mushroom crepes, and ricotta and basil pancakes, to name a few.
Where is Pancake Tuesday celebrated?
Australia isn’t the only country to celebrate the day. Other countries who indulge on pancakes on this day include New Zealand, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Canada.
