Confetti Pancakes is a fun recipe made with basic baking ingredients, cake mix and plenty of sprinkles finished with a simple glaze and whipped topping.
Sometimes, food just needs to be fun! Maybe there is a birthday in the family, special occasion or celebration…. maybe you just want to do something out of the ordinary for the kids on a Sunday morning. Confetti Pancakes are a recipe I like to toss together on occasion for any of those reasons.
You may also enjoy some of my families other favorite pancake recipes:
Pancakes with Strawberry Sauce
Confetti Pancakes
Confetti Pancakes have a regular pancake batter but a little bit of cake mix is added so that cake flavor really comes through in each bite. Rainbow sprinkles are mixed into the batter for a fun pop of color which kids especially love. Instead of maple syrup on top of these pancakes, a glaze is used to amp up that yum factor! Gosh, dear I say it is like eating dessert for breakfast.
Sprinkles
The type of sprinkles used is actually somewhat important. Some sprinkles are made with just a color coated outside and the inside of the sprinkle is dull so when cooked inside a recipe, that dullness can come through. Make sure your sprinkles have color throughout so all the colors of the rainbow are vibrant for these Confetti Pancakes.
Confetti Pancakes
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 4
- Total Time: 9 minutes
- Yield: 10 pancakes 1x
Description
Confetti Pancakes is a fun recipe made with basic baking ingredients, cake mix and plenty of sprinkles finished with a simple glaze and whipped topping.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup white cake mix from the box
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/4 cup milk
- 3 Tablespoons melted butter
- 1/4 cup rainbow jimmy sprinkles
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- butter to grease griddle
Toppings & Glaze
- 1 Tablespoon milk
- 2/3 cup confectioners sugar
- whipped topping
- more jimmy sprinkles
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add flour, cake mix, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt. Whisk those dry ingredients together.
- Add milk, vanilla extract and egg. Whisk together.
- Melt 3 Tablespoons butter in a small microwavable safe bowl for about 20 seconds. Pour the melted butter into the pancake batter and whisk again.
- Stir in sprinkles
- Pre-heat griddle to 375 degrees. Grease griddle with butter.
- Measure out 1/4 cup pancake batter and place onto griddle. Repeat this for as many pancakes will fit on your griddle.
- Cook for 2 minutes and flip.
- Cook another 1 minutes, 30 seconds.
- Stack pancakes on a plate, drizzle with glaze and a dollop of whipped topping and some sprinkles.
Glaze
- In a bowl, whisk together 2/3 cup of confectioners sugar with 1 Tablespoon milk. Whisk together to make a glaze. Add more confectioners sugar or more milk as needed to get a thick but pourable consistency.
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Griddle
Keywords: pancakes, birthday, cake
What special occasion are you making these Confetti Pancakes for? Let me know in the comments below!
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