Rainbow Pancakes

Serves 4

Ingredients

2 eggs
2 cups (500ml) milk
2 cups (300g) self-raising flour, sifted
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
squeeze lemon juice
food colouring, various
butter (for greasing)

Method

Step 1. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs and milk. Add flour, baking powder, bicarb and lemon juice and whisk until smooth.

Step 2. Divide batter between 7 small bowls

Step 3. Colour each bowlful of batter with the food colouring to create your desired colours. I chose the classic colours from the rainbow song – red, yellow, pink, green, purple, orange and blue.

Step 4. In a large frypan, melt a little of the butter over gentle heat. Beginning with one colour, spoon batter to create four pancakes. Cook for 1-2 minutes, until bubbles appear on the surface. Flip and cook for a further minute. Remove to a plate and keep warm. Repeat with remaining coloured batters. Serve in stacks with maple syrup and fresh fruit.

Notes

These pancakes have a boost of raising agents – flat pancakes won’t show up the colour spectrum nearly as well.
You could make a simplified version with fewer colours.
Seek out natural food colourings if you are concerned about additives.
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This recipe was created for Kidspot, New Zealand's best recipe finder by Greer Worsley, who blogs at Typically Red.