Rainbow Pancake Cereal Recipe

Of course, we also make rainbow pancake cereal for our rainbow recipes! Because what could be more fun (and tastier) than baking colorful, typical mini pancakes?

We adapt our mini Dutch pancake recipe a bit (it is more like our American pancake recipe) so that it is a (vegan) pancake cereal recipe! Read on quickly.

With our rainbow recipes we try to make the world a little more colorful and accepting from the kitchen! Will you help? Share your creations via #rainbowrecipes.

Mini Pancake Recipe

Yeast is used in authentic mini Dutch pancakes. The recipe is very tasty, but you have to let the batter rest for an hour. Of course, you can use our traditional recipe and add the coloring after the resting period, but we opt for a faster recipe.

Instead of yeast, we use baking powder and sparkling water to make the pancakes airy. It is important to use buckwheat flour in the batter, because otherwise you will miss that authentic, nutty flavor of mini Dutch pancakes. But you can also use only flour, but then you have an ordinary American pancake batter.

Vegan Pancake Cereal

We make vegan mini pancakes; no egg, no milk, with vegan butter (we use plant margarine). And with vegan food coloring. We use gel coloring for the best results. We promise you; they really taste just as good as the non-vegan version.

Cooking Mini Pancakes

In the Netherlands, we obviously have a lot of choice for mini pancakes plates. We can even get contact grills with mini pancake plates. But traditionally, a cast iron mini pancake plate is used for these mini Dutch pancakes.

Make sure you grease the plate properly before heating and make sure your plate is hot before you start cooking, otherwise your mini pancakes won’t be good.

After that, the plate holds the heat well, so you can cook on lower heat. With a squeeze bottle you can conveniently spray batter into the dimples (fill them up to about 90%). Then turn them over with a skewer or fork.

If you can’t get your hands on a cast iron poffertjes plate, we recommend using a takoyaki grill or cake pop maker, these dimples are a bit deeper than a poffertjes plate, but it will get the job done!

Alternatively, you can cook the poffertjes in a regular pan but it will taste differently as it won’t be as ‘pillow-like’.

WARNING! Don’t cook the pancakes too long, it makes them dry. You want the inside cooked but still soft. If your device is hot, they’ll be ready in a few minutes.

Natural Food Coloring

You can also make this pancake cereal with natural food coloring! We made them with superfood powders once.

You can also easily make natural coloring yourself with beetroot juice, turmeric and red cabbage juice (with a pinch of baking soda it turns blue). With red, yellow and blue, you can make all the colors of the rainbow!

Please note that natural dyes are always less bright and also add flavor to your dish. It is, of course, healthier!

Mini Pancake Skewers

You can also prick these mini pancakes on a skewer and turn it into a rainbow treat! Prick up a lump of butter with powdered sugar as a ‘cloud’ and the treat is ready.

Rainbow Recipes

Check out more rainbow recipes on our website! We create 30 recipes, a recipe for every day of Pride Month.

Together, we can make the world more colorful and accepting, from the kitchen. Help and share your creations through #rainbowrecipes!

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