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 wood. The trick is to cook out all the moisture without burning the pancake. Adding liquid batter as ‘mortar’ works pretty well, it just takes a little while before it will hold anything together. After I assembled the sides to the road-deck, I left the whole thing on the griddle for a few minutes to solidify everything.
Yes, I Allie and I ate it after I took a couple photos 
Below is a video of how I made it-
You need to get some of these oven gloves or something:
http://www.amazon.com/Exclusive-Kevlar®-Withstands-Degrees-Farenheit/dp/B000TVR7JC
No more molten pancake burns, you’ll still have good dexterity because they have fingers for assembling those intricate designs. Or get some welder’s gloves for the true pancake engineer.
Your are a genius. The pancakes are gorgeius. Do you mind if I write about your pancakes in my blog?
Hi Jim, I really like your blog, and I was thinking instead of gluing the parts together with the pancake batter why don’t you use caramel? Just a thought!
This is the best thing I have ever seen. I have a 2yr and 5yr old and I can’t wait to try this for them. Thank you very much for sharing your ideas.
MONDAY, MAY 17, 2010
Pancakes
Mollie writes:
Well, here it is, fancier pancakes that even my husband can make, and he’s made pancakes for picky eaters for almost 30 years.
Pancakes are a law unto themselves, the ultimate in comfort food. Mommies and Daddies out there – need I say more?
http://www.jimspancakes.com/
Hope you don’t mind, I put a link to you on our blog. Nice to see you making an art out of parenting!
Or chocolate glue! In my own food engineering, I use melted chocolate as glue for EVERYTHING. Well, everything sweet…
I LOVE This site ! Can’t wait to make a pancake butterfly for my niece on saturday !
you are an awesome pancake maker and it seems like a great dad too. I love it when she says becareful daddy! My boys appreciated the “boy” pancakes! Except now they want me to make them. yikes.
Jim, will you be my dad? Please?
Ok, that sounds creepy…but great work!
Your daughter is so cute !
And I love your pancakes, you are amazing !
Oh man, this makes me miss home. My nephews saw this and now I’m on a mission to make them myself. You absolutely rock!
YOU ARE A GENIUS!!!! My coworker (we’re both graphic designers) – hater was just saying “I would get tired of so many pancakes.” I was like HECK NO – having a creative dad that create pancakes for fun for his little girl (a great bonding memory for your little one by the way), WHO would not want that?! Plus the little ones aren’t as critical and they love anything that is out of the normal round pancakes.
I’m inspired to make breakfast a creative one from this point on forward.
Thanks!