Lemon Creme Pancakes

Light, fluffy pancakes zipped up with lemon zest and fresh lemon juice, served with a sweet-tart lemon creme.

Lemon Creme Pancakes

Servings: 1 pancake
Yield: 8
Prep Time: 5 min
Cooking Time: 10 min

Ingredients

1 cup flour
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp sugar
zest of 1 lemon
1 egg
1 cup milk
¼ cup lemon juice
1 cup heavy whipping cream
zest of 1 lemon
2 Tbs sugar
2 Tbs lemon juice

Preparation

Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, zest, egg and milk into a mixing bowl and start to mix vigorously with a whisk, adding in the lemon juice gradually.
Pour batter onto a griddle heated over medium-high heat and wait until large bubbles form.
Once the large bubbles form, flip over the pancakes to complete cooking, until steam rises up off the pancake.
Serve with lemon creme and garnished with additional zested lemon rind and lemon slices.
Creme: Combine the whipping cream, sugar and zest in a metallic bowl and whisk until soft peaks form, then add in the lemon juice and continue whisking until stiff peaks form.

Recipe Tags

I have a giant lemon tree in my backyard and every year in January, it showers me with thousands of lemons. I'm always looking for fun ways to use lemons and this year, I threw them into my favorite basic pancake recipe. I added some light and zippy lemon creme on the side to make these pancakes like a taste of heaven.