Three little letters - WOW! This pin was well worth giving it a try!
Nine years ago today I was in the hospital celebrating one of the four best days of my life! My little nutter butter, my youngest-one-of-three was born. She has been a hum dinger - and I mean that in an incredibly complimentary way.
As with each of my children's birthdays, I always try to make them feel as special as I do just having the opportunity to be their mom. So when I found this recipe for Cake Batter Pancakes, I just knew my little pancake connoisseur would love them! She was so excited that she helped me make them. It's interesting to me how similar and how different we are - I, a first born, and she, the baby. But when it comes to the kitchen, she's the first to want to know everything I'm doing and the first to want to jump right in and help.
The dry ingredients of this recipe are simple - Bisquick, yellow cake mix, and rainbow sprinkles.
My youngest-one-of-three helped me measure each and put them into the mixing bowl. I knew the cake mix would add a great flavor to the pancakes, but I really was a little skeptical about the rainbow sprinkles.
We measured one cup of Bisquick, one cup of the yellow cake mix, and 3 tablespoons of the rainbow sprinkles. My nutter butter was having great time! After all, what nine year old wouldn't be excited about rainbow sprinkles being part of her breakfast!
I must admit, the recipe was indeed looking celebratory and festive! Once she mixed up the dry ingredients, it was time to add the wet variety. This simple recipe calls for a cup of milk, 2 eggs, and a teaspoon of vanilla - the real stuff, always.
Anytime eggs are involved in our combined cooking efforts, my kiddos can't wait to crack them. My nutter butter cracked away and added them along with the milk and vanilla to the dry mixture. The only job left to do was mix it all together.
We sat the batter aside and I turned on the griddle. While the griddle was warming, we made the "syrup" for our cake batter pancakes. Now, of course, no regular syrup would do. Our recipe called for powdered sugar, milk, vanilla, and of course, more rainbow sprinkles for garnish.
I did make one adjustment here. The recipe called for 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons milk, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Looking at the amount of batter in my bowl, I just felt like I wouldn't need that much "syrup." I cut the recipe in half, figuring I could make more if I needed it.
The griddle was now heated to my setting of about 325 degrees. Yes, the recipe calls for 375, but I know my griddle, and 375 would have given us burnt cake batter pancakes. On went my 1/4 cup scoopfuls of batter and we waited for the little bubbles to form atop the rainbow spotted circles.
My youngest-one-of-three was so excited. We waited patiently while watching the sprinkles melt into the batter. Soon, the bubbles were saying, "Flip me." 
Ok, now seriously, who could resist this? Imagine the smell of pancakes cooking, but with a hint of cake baking in the oven! Just as these divine delicacies were being pulled off the griddle, the hubster came through the door with our older-two-of-three. My firstborn did a double take, "Oh my..." My son was quick to follow.
I plated my nutter butter's special breakfast while the other two literally pranced and pawed, oohed and aahed, and drooled like our crazy OESheepdog. Onto the birthday plate they went, the "syrup" was drizzled generously, and the rainbow garnish signaled that the cake batter pancakes were officially ready to be tested.
Did they pass the test? Well, let's just say that I've served very few dishes that have received applause. I think we were all glad that it was our nutter butter's special day - even the sprinkle skeptic! This one's a keeper! And so is the recipe.
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