
There's nothing wrong with a simple pancake, but as the basic recipe is the perfect base for experimentation, we thought - why not do pancakes our way?
There’s nothing wrong with a simple pancake, but as the basic recipe is the perfect base for experimentation, we thought – why not do pancakes our way?
We’ve created 24 things you never thought to do with pancakes, but what we’re really interested in is what you’ll come up with.
Show us your most amazing pancake creation for your chance to win a fab prize and to see your picture on the goodtoknow website. See how to enter here.
So take our classic pancake recipe and let your imagination run wild.
See what other goodtoknowers have been creating.

goodtoknow user Lynn says: ‘Here is my pancake creation – pancake panda.’

Su Williams
goodtoknow user Su says: ‘This is my arty teddybear pancake.’

Joanna Krakowiak
goodtoknow user Joanna says: ‘Here’s my fruity effort.’

goodtoknow user Lucy says: ‘My melted white chocolate, raspberry sauce, syrup and cream pancakes!’

George W
goodtoknow user George says: ‘These are my tasty two with lemon and raw cane sugar.’

Edita M
goodtoknow user Edita says: ‘Butterfly pancake creation with cloudy rain on the side!’

Sandra Clarke
goodtoknow user Sandra says: ‘Pancakes with strawberries, fresh cream and topped with white chocolate buttons.’

Yvonne Brownsea
goodtoknow user Yvonne says: ‘My 11 year old son’s crazy face pancake.’

Helen Yendall
goodtoknow user Helen says: ‘Pancake stacks with hot chocolate sauce, berries and Remy Martin ice cream. #ToughJob’

Julia Plant
goodtoknow user Julia says: ‘We are having fun being creative with our pancakes this year. Just love Pancake Day!’

Nina Kang
goodtoknow user Nina says: ‘My daughter Ellen made your sausage and mash potato pancakes and they were amazing! Thanks for the recipe.’

Amelian Makes
goodtoknow user Amelian says: ‘My collaboration with my daughter to make strawberry and cream pancakes aka bunny bottom pancakes! She wouldn’t eat them at first and just kept saying ‘Awwww!’

Anna Warner
goodtoknow user Anna says: ‘Our cat pancake!’

Adele Knight
goodtoknow user Adele says: ‘Cut with heart shaped cutters, filled with whipped cream and strawberries.’

Sarah Cooper
goodtoknow user Sarah says: ‘Here’s my assortment of novelty pancakes.’

Rachel Louise Ray
goodtoknow user Rachel says: ‘My pancake topped with Nutella and strawberries – yummy.’

Candy Morrison
goodtoknow user Candy says: ‘I had too much time on my hands and made these!’

Tracey Druce
goodtoknow user Tracey says: ‘Strawberry and salted caramel.’

Elma Cleary
goodtoknow user Amelia says: ‘Just ate my blueberry pancakes with maple syrup – yum!’

Ali Thorpe
goodtoknow user Ali says: ‘These are my homemade Scotch pancakes, with extra syrup in the batter, shaped (sort of!) into hearts and served with melted chocolate, flaked almonds and bananas! Really easy. I will make them again when I want to make someone smile.’

Anthony Elvy
goodtoknow user Anthony says: ‘In our house, we like to be regal.’

Amelia Florence
goodtoknow user Amelia says: ‘Here are my buckwheat pancakes with coconut yogurt, lime and blackberries.’

Marsha Edge
goodtoknow user Marsha says: ‘My little boy was desperate for a seaside themed pancake.’

Sophie Griffiths
goodtoknow user Sophie says: ‘My pancake design using a squeezy bottle for the mixture, creating the lace effect hearts.‘

Danielle Graves
goodtoknow user Danielle says: ‘Pizza pancakes.’

Jo Baldwin
goodtoknow user Jo says: ‘We had fun time making a pancake solar system with a variety of toppings!’

Jo Bryan
goodtoknow user Jo says: ‘American blueberry pancakes.’

Katie Bennett
goodtoknow user Katie says: ‘#PancakesMyWay.’

Cerys E
goodtoknow user Cerys says: ‘Only turned my back for 5 seconds! Would love 2 win the juicer, teach them a lesson.’

Charlotte Jones
goodtoknow user Charlotte says: ‘Here is my daughter with her pirate pancakes she decorated herself.’

Galina Maximka
goodtoknow user Galina says: ‘This is my Gruffalo’s Child pancake, as requested by my little man.’

goodtoknow user Christina says: ‘Lemon and sugar!’

goodtoknow user Cathy says: ‘Lemon pancakes.’

Heather Playdon
goodtoknow user Heather Playdon says: ‘Here are my #pancakesmyway! My sushi inspired vs. my daughter’s cat face! We had lots of fun making them!’

Sonia Lowe
‘Here’s my son’s pancake with golden syrup and strawberries’, says goodtoknow user Sonia Lowe.

Gill Saunders
goodtoknow user Gill Saunders made this raspberry flavoured Valentine’s heart pancake and a smiley pancake man too.

Irene Wares
goodtoknow user Irene Wares says: ‘My ‘heart-full’ Tower! Each layer has light toffee yoghurt sandwiched between with chocolate syrup on top! YUM!’

Jackie Billington
goodtoknow user Jackie Billington says: ‘Impressive or what?! It’s a little owl having a wave!’

Kellie Z Law
goodtoknow user Kellie Z Law says: ‘Here’s my son’s pancake – can you guess who it is? This was made by Jake, aged 6!’

Julieanne Reilly
goodtoknow user Julieanne Reilly made these delicious pancakes on Pancake Day.

Lisa Pope
goodtoknow user Lisa Pope says: ‘We had rainbow pancakes for supper and strawberry pancakes for breakfast!’

Paul Baker-Billy
‘Here’s my pancake creation inspired by Disney’s Wreck it Ralph. It’s made entriely of pancakes and a little bit of food colouring!’ says goodtoknow user Paul Baker-Billy.

goodtoknow user Ritsa says: ‘Happy Pancake Day!’

Rachel J
goodtoknow user Rachel J sent in this pic with her daughter not looking very impressed with her cake pancake – we think it looks great!

Zoe Dennett
‘Here’s my pancake bear made for my daughter using Nutella as decoration’, says goodtoknow user Zoe Dennett.

Mandy Mason
‘What do you mean you have never heard of the pancake fairy?’ says goodtoknow user Mandy Mason.

Janice Papworth
goodtoknow user Janice Papworth says: ‘Pancakes my way: sweetcorn and spring onion pancakes for breakfast!’

Jeremy Bear
goodtoknow user Jeremy Bear made these tasty pancakes for the #pancakesmyway comp.

Joanne Pooley
‘Me and my children enjoyed making our pancakes this morning. This was our end result!’ says goodtoknow user Joanne Pooley.

Zoe M Campbell
goodtoknow user Zoe M Campbell made a fry-up using pancakes!

Linda McGarrigle
‘These are our pancakes we made today. I have to say, based on creativity, we probably won’t win but if it was based on laughter, giggles, fun and mess, we are champions!’ says goodtoknow user Linda McGarrigle.

Dermot Moore
‘Here is my Angry Bird pancake!’ says goodtoknow user Dermot Moore.

Edita Mikutenaite
goodtoknow user Edita Mikutenaite says: ‘Here is my delicious pancake creation!’

Jo Welsh
goodtoknow user Jo Welsh says: ‘My girls’ breakfast – lets hope they eat the fruit and the pancake!’

Kelly Martin
goodtoknow user Kelly Martin says: ‘Here’s my lovely healthy pancake which I had for brunch today!’

Louise Lumsden
‘My pancakes are filled with diced butternut squash and peppers roasted with garlic, a touch of chilli and cinnamon. I then added some steamed broccoli before wrapping up in the warmed pancakes!’ says goodtoknow user Louise Lumsden.

Caroline Elmhirst
goodtoknow user Caroline Elmhirst says: ‘We had fun making a beach scene out of our pancakes! Plenty of food colouring required! ‘

Lynn Savage
‘My kids love pancakes with their names on them!’ says goodtoknow user Lynn Savage.

Jan Bagnall
goodtoknow user Jan Bagnall says: ‘Pancakes instead of breakfast!’

Jo Maxted
‘As it’s been so cold and grey we made this,’ says goodtoknow user Jo Maxted.

goodtoknow user Linda says: ‘Just about to tuck in to our LOVELY pancakes!’

goodtoknow user Jacqui is getting in the Valentine’s and Pancake Day spirit all in one!

Jo Bryan
goodtoknow user Jo Bryan made these delicious lemon and blueberry pancakes.

goodtoknow user Nimhren says: ‘Here is my daughter’s breakfast pancake – she loves Peppa Pig!’

Katie Bennett
goodtoknow user Katie Bennett says: ‘This is ours!’ Very impressive!

Rach Sollis
We’re rather impressed with goodtoknow user Rach Sollis‘ creative pancake design.

Jayne Power
goodtoknow user Jayne Power made a funny face out of kiwis and strawberries with her pancake

Lucy Pavia
goodtoknow user Lucy Pavia says ‘These are my blueberry and cheese pancakes – delish!’

Tiffany’s pancake
goodtoknow user Tiffany says: ‘Here is Becky, ready to eat her edible pancake flower garden along with beehives – best served with honey!’

Amanda Marman’s pancake
goodtoknow user Amanda Marman says: ‘Pancake anyone?! All edible – decorated with chocolate and strawberry sauce, hundreds and thousands, peaches and cream.’

Colette Mellor’s pancake
goodtoknow user Colette Mellor says: ‘A pancake is for life, not just for Shrove Tuesday!’ They are cranberry and raisin pancakes with a brandy sauce made for Christmas breakfast.’

Sarah Cooper’s pancakes
goodtoknow user Sarah Cooper says: ‘These were just made using squeezy bottles to draw the designs on the pan, with the addition of food colourings to the batter.’

Charlotte Jones’ pancake
goodtoknow user Charlotte Jones says: ‘This is the pancake I made for my husband 🙂 we had our Valentine’s night last night as we’re both working next week and had Valentine’s pancakes 🙂 The pancakes are decorated with icing and homemade strawberry coulis.’

Anna Marriage’s pancake
goodtoknow user Anna Marriage says: ‘Pimped up to make a dinosaur…just add food colouring and a bit of artistic ability (ok, not much!). William aged 7 and his dino pancake – he did most of it and enjoyed eating it afterwards too!’

Louise Hutchings’ pancake
goodtoknow user Louise Hutchings says: ‘Today I got creative with my pancakes and made an edible snail garden for my daughter. Everything other than the blue chopping board is edible! Green coloured peppermint pancake snails with sultana feelers; orange coloured and flavoured pancake sun with a strawberry mouth and dark chocolate eyes; a fluffy squirty cream cloud; Nutella and crushed flake soil and crunchy, milk chocolate sultana pebbles; lastly, fresh mint and strawberry rose bushes. I took as many photos as possible before my daughter destroyed it, she seemed to enjoy it!’

Lucy Pasifull’s pancake
goodtoknow user Lucy Pacifull says: ‘The breakfast for when you can’t decide between pancakes and a cooked breakfast! Everything – bacon, eggs, mushrooms, toast and beans, is made from pancake using squirty bottles and natural food colouring. Well, everything apart from the baked bean juice which is orange jelly.’

Lynne Newton’s pancake
goodtoknow user Lynne Newton says: ‘Strawberry heart pancakes with strawberry sorbet and fresh strawberries.’

Margo Winchester’s pancake
goodtoknow user Margot Winchester says: ‘I love this easy recipe because the pancakes can be made in advance and warmed up when needed. The children love this healthy version, but for those who are not figure-conscious, the filling can be enriched with cream cheese. Brandy can also be added to the cherry sauce for adults.’

Anna’s pancake
goodtoknow user Anna says: ‘Our yummy Teddy pancake’

Geri Gibson’s pancake
goodtoknow user Geri Gibson made her pancake into a funny face with squirty cream and fruit.

Kayleigh White’s pancake
goodtoknow user Kayleigh White made a Valentine’s pancake with Nutella, strawberries and bananas.

Miss Mamo’s pancake
goodtoknow user Miss Mamo cut up her pancakes to spell the word ‘Love’ next to a heart and then sprinkled them with chocolate shavings. Lovely stuff!

Sophie Griffiths’ pancake
goodtoknow user Sophie Griffiths says: ‘Romantic cinnamon pancakes. Used a nozel for the mixture and created this romantic gesture, yum.’

Emily Smith’s pancake
goodtoknow user Emily Smith says: ‘My yummy crab pancake!’

Chocolate chip pancake
We asked some of our favourite bloggers to share their pancakes – here’s what they made:

Black Forest pancakes
Jenny, a clumsy mummy who loves cakes, blogs about her latest creations at Mummy Mishaps. Her idea for this Black Forest pancake comes from childhood memories of eating cherry pancakes at the Little Chef! She added cocoa powder in place of some of the flour and then got layering. Get Jenny?s full recipe here.

Daisy pancake
This pancake is fit for a princess. Created by Jenny, from Jenny Eatwell’s Rhubarb & Ginger, she used a thick American pancake mix, piping it into a warm pan, then increasing the heat so that it cooked through. The petals were filled with a raspberry coulis and the centre decorated with gold glitter. Fresh raspberries around the petals and a little stem of fresh mint finished it off nicely. According to Jenny, the toughest part of this creation was getting it out of the pan in one piece!

Clara Cort
goodtoknow user Clara Cort says; ‘Oh, I love this city so much that I’ve created a mini Eiffel tower! 🙂 Happy Pancake Day!’

Dawn Walsh
goodtoknow user Dawn Walsh says; ‘Pancake, ice cream, banana and strawberry and chocolate sauce. Yum!’

Edita Ex Edita
goodtoknow user Edita Ex Edita made this impressive caterpillar pancake – amazing!

@HarshCryJukebox
goodtoknow user @HarshCryJukebox made these delicious pancakes for the #pancakesmyway comp!

@cardiffbird
‘My son Dylan’s chocolate runny egg and pancake soldiers! Dusted in sugar and golden syrup!’ says goodtoknow user @cardiffbird.

Rachel Medhurst
goodtoknow user Rachel Medhurst went rather romantic with her pancakes this Pancake Day.

Rachel Clynch
goodtoknow user Rachel Clynch says: ‘Here is my daughter’s pancake!’

Mmmm… goodtoknow user Sara made these tasty maple syrup and pear pancakes for Pancake Day.

Sarah Steeples
goodtoknow user Sarah Steepless says: ‘Here’s the cat pancake that I made for my daughter – it’s mouth has slightly melted though – oops!’

Emma Sandbach
‘Yummy fresh cream and heated forest fruits!’ says goodtoknow user Emma Sandbach.

Lisa Hilton
goodtoknow user Lisa Hilton sent in this creative picture of her Mickey Mouse inspired pancake and we love it!

Lilinha Espindula
‘Here is my heart shaped raspberry pancake stack’, says goodtoknow user Lilinha Espindula.

@notimeforironing
‘Fat pancakes with caramelised, buttery apples and thick cream – delicious!’ says goodtoknow user @notimeforironing.

Sarah Parkes
We love this chocolate covered heart shape pancake made by goodtoknow user Sarah Parkes.

Kathryn MacKinnon Cook
goodtoknow user Kathryn MacKinnon Cook shared her creative pancakes with us.

Lorraine Stanhope
‘Here’s our pancakes! We had flippin’ fun making it!’ says goodtoknow user Lorraine Stanhope.

Clare Leahy
goodtoknow user Clare Leahy says: ‘My daughter and I created pancakes that were completely out of this world!’

Rachel Brown
‘Here we are on Pancake Day. My chap got a bit confused and thinks it’s crepe day!’ says goodtoknow user Rachel Brown.

Cate Elder
goodtoknow user Cate Elder says: ‘I made some delicious maple syrup and cranberry pancakes last night and thought you might like to see them!’

Kelly Hirst
goodtoknow user Kelly Hirst made this impressive Pac-Man pancake.

Claire Hughes
‘When we were growing up my mum always made quite a big thing out of Shrove Tuesday. We would have both savoury and sweet pancakes and she would try to use up whatever we had in the house!’ says goodtoknow user Claire Hughes.

Raj Sandhu
goodtoknow user Raj Sandhu says: ‘It’s Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs!’

Annelouise Hall
goodtoknow user Annelouise Hall sent in her Queen of pancakes – delicious!

Siobhan McGuinness
‘Here is my picture of #pancakesmyway or I should say ‘our way’ because my whole family adores them!’ says goodtoknow user Siobhan McGuinness.

Viv Gilbey
goodtoknow user Viv Gilbey says: ‘Here’s my incy wincy spider pancake!’

Helena Hewett
goodtoknow user Helena Hewett made these tasty pancakes for Pancake Day.

@SuperluckyDi
‘These are my Valentine’s beetroot pancakes!’ says goodtoknow user @SuperluckyDi.

Grainne Halligan
‘Here is my pancake for the Pancakes My Way competition,’ says goodtoknow user Grainne Halligan.

Lynn Savage
goodtoknow user Lynn Savage says: ‘Here are my #pancakesmyway – mini pancakes filled with cream, dipped in pistachios and drizzled with syrup mmm…’

@rayousi
goodtoknow user @rayousi says: ‘#pancakesmyway – these are my Valentine’s pancakes with Nutella and honey!’

Lorraine Saeed
goodtoknow user Lorraine Saeed says: ‘This is my creative banana pancake – yum!’

Patricia Owen
‘Here are my pancakes topped with raspberries, cream and a sprinkling of sugar #pancakesmyway,’ says goodtoknow user Patricia Owen.

Vanessa Gregory
goodtoknow user Vanessa Gregory made this delicious cupcake pancake.

Cate Elder
goodtoknow user Cate Elder says: ‘I made some delicious maple syrup and cranberry pancakes last night and thought you might like to see them!’

Diane Pearce
‘Here’s m son and his finished pancakes with a little help from me! Chocolate and raspberries and blackberries too!’ says goodtoknow user Diane Pearce.

Adele Knight
goodtoknow user Adele Knight made these pancakes for Valentine’s Day and said they were made with love!

Aye Marie Conteh
‘This is mine and my sister?s creation of blackforest pancakes inspired by the classic dessert recipe, blackforest gateau which we both absolutely love!’ says goodtoknow user Aye Marie Conteh.

Sarah Davies
goodtoknow user Sarah Davies say: ‘My pancakes mix Shrove Tuesday with Valentine’s Day. I made some roses out of beetroot coloured pancakes and served them with strawberry hearts, black pepper and balsamic reduction – delish!’

Dog Hook
‘Here is a photo of my British fusion pancakes – I took the idea of crispy duck pancakes and gave them a twist by using pigeon breast, green leek and crispy streaky bacon along with hoisin sauce! Delicious and much quicker than making proper crispy duck!’ says goodtoknow user Dog Hook.

Vicky Morton
goodtoknow user Vicky Morton made this impressive Gromit pancake – we think it looks just like him!

@HappyHomebird
‘Here is my sweet potato curry in a cumin pancake with mint yoghurt #pancakesmyway,’ says goodtoknow user @HappyHomebird.

Dianne Stanford
goodtoknow user Dianne Stanford says: ‘These are my spinach pancakes filled with a mixture of cream cheese, 0% Greek yoghurt and chorizo – delicious for lunch or supper! #pancakesmyway.’
