Pikelets, as Miss7 informed me, as just smaller versions of pancakes. I disagree – pikelets are the chubbier, cuter, more rustic cousins to their elegant pancakey counterparts.
Pikelets always vanish in no time in the Hungry Mum house and these beauties, taken from the user-friendly cookbook After Toast by Kate Gibbs, were no exception.
Misses5&7 positively inhaled them for afternoon tea on the day I made them, and I put a few more in their lunchboxes for the next day. The huge amount of leftovers were put aside in a Tupperware. It emerged that the Hungry Dad ate the lot for breakfast the next day.
These are lovely and fluffy and are bound to be a hit with your clan, too.
The recipe calls for buttermilk, which I didn’t have, so I tried Ms Gibbs’ trick of making your own by adding 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to one cup of milk and setting aside for 10 minutes. Et voila! It worked! Happy days.
GATHER:
1 cup self-raising flour
pinch best quality sea salt
1 ½ tablespoon caster sugar
¼ teaspoon bicarb soda
1 egg
1 cup of buttermilk
½ cup frozen raspberries
40g melted butter, plus extra for greasing the pan
LET’S GET TO IT:
Sift flour, salt, sugar and bicarb soda into large bowl.
Mix egg with buttermilk in a jug and tip into flour bowl. Mix gently, incorporating all the flour, then add raspberries. Don’t over-mix – the batter should have lumps.
Place extra butter into large frying pan and using a ladle put large dollops into pan.
Cook until bubbles start to form [about 3 minutes] then flip over and cook on other side until lightly golden.
Place cooked pikelets on plate and continue cooking the rest of the batter.
Serve with extra berries and cream, or eat as is.
the hungry mum 
we call these scotch pancakes – don’t know why and have them with slices of bananas pushed onto the top (which caramel nicely) or blueberries. Just bought some raspberries today though!
Oooh, those ‘nanas on top wold be ace! Yum 🙂
Oh yumyum, these look delish! Fat pikelets are the best 😉
I love that you put the leftovers in a Tupperware and Dad finished them off the next day.
Lillian
I love pikelets, my mum always made them slathered in strawberry jam and cream – yum! Great tip on turning milk into buttermilk, I never have any buttermilk when I need it so I will definitely be trying this.
Yum, yum, yum! When I was growning up, my mum would make pikelets as a special treat, but I have never tried adding extra fruit to them. Thanks for the inspiration!
They quite the nostalgic treat! I could go a few right now…
I have never heard of pikelets but I do like the sound of them! I think I’ll make a some soon.
Must be a UK thing that Australians adopted 🙂 Hope you do make them, they are lovely.
Raspberry pikelets are the exact sort of thing I enjoyed as a kid, so it’s pretty cool that your little misses do too! Butter, berries & sugar are definitely a winner of a combo 🙂
They are the best of everything – sweet, portable and filling 🙂 I should make these agin, now that I think of it…
great idea! i just bought frozen berries, which are surprisingly awesome to have handy in the kitchen 🙂 I’ve also down the lemon milk thing before because who really carries buttermilk unless they know they’re baking with it
The first time I had a pikelet I thought I was getting a pancake but they ARE different. They’re more sturdy but that’s probably not a proper description. 🙂
Yum! Looks very very great!
I dint know that mini pancakes were called pikelets… these look scrumptious… Thanks for stopping by my blog
Cheers! Have a great week 🙂
these look beautiful! I love pancakes and pikelets 😀
Thanks! YOu’re in good company – pikelets rock 🙂
pure. brilliance. 🙂 Love the polka dots. Nice job on the photos. And the pikelets. New favorite word!
Awww, thanks for all the love! These are yummy little beauties, no matter what you call them 🙂
i had no idea about that buttermilk trick! will definitely give this ago with my raspberry stash in the freezer!
How easy, eh?! And I’ll never buy the real stuff again 🙂
I think you can also use vinegar. you just need the acidity to mix with the bicarb to produce the bubbles and therefore fluffiness
You’re right! Is a nifty little trick 🙂
These look amazing I’ve got to try them! Your daughters are so lucky to have such a great mom!!
awwww, you’re lovely! Thanks 🙂
Mmmmm…I love pancakes so I’d be all over these fluffy little beauties! These look fantastic!
Fluffy is such a fab description! They are pretty yum 🙂
I loved pikelets when I was a kid. I am sure I would love them as an adult too 😛
Yes – time to revisit this childhood treat 🙂
I prefer pikelets to pancakes-I’m not sure why but it’s their portability and their snack size too 😀
Portability! Yes, anything you can eat on the run is a good thing indeed 🙂
Nice recipe! My mom showed me the “faux buttermilk” trick (adding lemon juice to milk)… and I always do that, instead of having to buy a whole liter of buttermilk!
Isn’t it easy & convenient? So handy 🙂
I’ve never heard of pikelets before! But they look pretty much like what I’ve known to be called “Silver Dollar Pancakes.” I think I like pikelets better though! So cute and I love the addition of raspberries. 😉
I’m guessing that pikelet is a British word! Yes, they would be similar to the American silver dollar pancakes. I like little things- means you can eat more of them 🙂
I’ve never heard of a pikelet before; clearly I’ve been missing out! They look delectable, and I’d easily devour a dozen of them.
MMMMMMM,… I have made them now already a few times & loved them so much, each time! Yummmm! 🙂
Smaller and cuter, these pikelets look delicious 😀
Cheers
CCU
I really love this recipe, they make me hungry! I reminisce as my Granny would bring us warm pikelets and a cup of tea or milo when we would stay at her house 🙂
Milo & pikelets – oh, yes! Perfect combo 🙂
Yum! Those look delicious!
awww, thanks 🙂