Thought I’d give myself a little challenge today, so I decided to test out the load-bearing qualities of pancake batter. The project was more successful than I had anticipated, minus the minor burns from trying to assemble the structure on a hot griddle. If you over-cook the pieces, they become pretty stable, almost like balsa [...]
Archive | April, 2010
“Tank”, the pancake turtle
By popular demand- I made a turtle. For some reason I thought I was going to be able to mold the shell into a lifelike three-dimensional shape, and then reality set it. Pancakes like to stay flat I guess. Undeterred, I decided to use brute force and just squished the pancake into the shape I [...]
Deadliest Catch: Now in pancake form.
Here’s one in honor of Capt. Phil and the new season of Deadliest Catch. Thanks for the idea Patti! Crab claws are a lot harder to make than I initially thought, and I couldn’t remember if king crabs have one big claw or what. Whatever, looks like a crab to me. And, he was delicious. [...]
Flights canceled due to eruption of Mt. Pancake
Flights over Europe would still be on time if volcano we’re filled with butter and syrup. I bet that Maui would smell pretty damn good too.
Grow your own pancakes! Today we make flower pancakes
Our first attempt at video blogging the pancakes! Allie and I made some flower pancakes since we had some batter left over from the attempt at princess pancakes. Making Sleeping Beauty pancakes was a heck of a lot harder that I thought it was going to be. I wanted to make Snow White since she’s [...]
Now THIS is a lightbulb pancake:
I remember getting lightbulb pancakes as a kid…mostly because my dad would somehow mess up a regular pancake. This pancake is a tribute to my dad, a pioneer in the Pancake Art industry. Allie liked it: No. I ate it.
Allie’s request: Butterfly pancake
Allie requested a butterfly pancake, sorry to those who voted for a monster truck 
Release the (pancake) Kraken!
Animal pancake in the shape of an octopus— Today was food coloring experiment day and this is what I made after I had some left over green batter.
2010: A pancake odyssey
This my friends is the FUTURE of pancake technology. I think this is what astronauts eat for breakfast. If they don’t they should. The flames on the rocket didn’t quite go as planned, but you get the idea. The moon was the easiest thing I’ve ever made, looks just like the moon pancakes my dad [...]
Pachyderm Pancake Progress
Alright…now we’re getting somewhere. I’ve refined my coloring technique and I was able to get the ear and eyeball to stand out a little. Bonus: the crispyness of the overcooked parts add some nice texture to the pancake. Overall a success I think. Allie liked it too.
Get social with pancakes:
A few pics from the Gallery
