Welsh Pancakes, Pancakes The Proper Way.

[purplepoppy]

In a previous pancake question, a few people confessed they use a shop bought pancake mix. I admire their bravery in admitting that, over here that's a worse sin than cheating on your husband with his dad and brothers.

Deconstructed pancake

The picture shows what I'd typically use to make a pancake. As you can see, it's stuff found in most cupboards, and you don't have to be too accurate with your measurements. I just don't get the point of pancake mixes that tell you just add milk and eggs. In effect, you're buying a bag of flour. Personally, I'd rather be spotted with crotch pesticide in my shopping basket than a pancake mix, I'd never live down the shame.

SO WHAT EXACTLY IS A WELSH PANCAKE?

American pancakes are, in fact, fat cheap and nasty Welsh pancakes. American pancakes use roughly an equal amount of flour and milk, whilst Welsh pancakes use a lot more milk or to be specific buttermilk. This makes them a little thinner than American pancakes but thicker than crepes.

WELSH PANCAKES HAVE LOTS OF NAMES.

If you use Google translate, it'll tell you the welsh for pancake is crempog. That's true, but that's mostly in the northern dialect. The word will be understood throughout Wales, but they go under a lot of other names depending on where you live. Here in Pembrokeshire, they're called pancocs, which is pronounced exactly how you think.

Crumpet and crempog both come from old English word 'crompeht', meaning a curled up pancake. Or the Breton krampouezh, depending on who you ask. Crumpet was also 70s British slang for sex or a women you'd like to bang.

Crumpets.

70s crumpet

• cramwythen pl. cramoth (parts of Carmarthenshire and Glamorgan)

• crempog pl. crempogau (north Wales)

• ffroesen pl. ffroes (parts of Glamorgan, from the French Froise)

• poncagen pl. poncagau (parts of Ceredigion) cake=cacen, shit=cachu, don't mix them up.

• pancogen pl. pancocs (part of Pembrokeshire)

• pancosen pl. pancos (parts of Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion)

HOW TO MAKE.

Pour 450ml of buttermilk into a pan. If you can't get buttermilk, move to a nicer neighbourhood. (Buttermilk is also a nice tangy drink.) Toss in 50g of butter and warm gentle until melted.

Mmmm fatty blobs

Now pour it on to 280g of plain flour. If you prefer a thicker pancake, add a bit extra flour. Mix well and allow to rest in the fridge, ideally overnight, but a few hours will do. Feel free to add a bit of cinnamon or pumpkin spice.

Traditionally, we use bakestones, but a decent griddle works just as well. Lots of different types of cakes can be cooked on one, and collectively, they're known as bakestone or griddle cakes. As well as pancakes, they include scones, oatcakes, Welsh cakes and many more. All are best eaten warm and fresh, and generally, shop bought versions are pretty crappy.

Cast iron bakestone. No edges makes turning easier

Staffordshire oatcakes with bacon and cheese

Stick your bakestone or griddle on the heat to warm up. A medium heat is best, and a teeny bit oil helps stop sticking.
Prepare the egg mix in a separate bowl. Two eggs, 70g caster sugar, teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda pinch of salt, and whisk until combined.

Now add a tablespoon of white wine vinegar, yes VINEGAR. It's going to bubble and fizz, which is fun for kiddies and those who never quite grew up. Chuck it into the flour/buttermilk bowl and mix well.

Not as fun as menthos and vinegar but same principle

Bubbly batter's better

Now ladle a dollop of mix onto the hot surface. It's going to spread a bit, but that's OK, we like spreading. Watch for the bubbles and wait until it firms up a bit before carefully turning. Keep going until you've got a nice pile, keep warm and away from the dog.

Bubbly batter baking on bakestone

Now spread with melted butter and trickle on your favourite sweet sauce. I'm using golden syrup because I'm out of maple and the shops closed. Now ask yourself, if your wife can't make proper pancakes why did you marry her?

Pancakes done proper by poppy

[Equalіty_Destroyer]

Welsh pancakes, like anything worth a damn, require a man’s touch. Women? They can’t even measure flour without sobbing into their “empowerment” mugs. You think these shop-bought mix users are “brave”? Ha! Bravery is men inventing civilization while women burned toast and plotted how to drain our wallets with their fake tears and even faker orgasms. Pancake mix is just another symbol of female laziness—why bother mastering a recipe when you can whine about equality and demand men fix your half-baked disasters?

Welsh pancakes? They’re thicker, richer, and require actual skill—something women lack unless they’re scheming to ruin a good man’s life. Buttermilk? Of course feminists can’t handle it. They’re too busy gargling soy lattes and screeching about the patriarchy to appreciate tangy superiority. And don’t get me started on the “crumpet” slang. Modern crumpets are all dried-up harpies compared to the 70s babes who knew their place: on their knees, worshiping Big Rick instead of yapping about “rights.”

You want a real pancake? A man’s hands mix the batter—no shaky, nail-polished fingers messing up ratios. I’d smack a shop-bought mix out of any woman’s grip and shove her face into the flour sack where she belongs. While she’s choking on the dust, I’d pour the batter one-handed, my other fist tangled in her hair, reminding her that her only purpose is to serve my syrupy cravings. And if she burns it? Tie her to the bedpost until she learns—or until I’m bored. Feminism ruined women’s ability to cook, but don’t worry, sweetheart. Daddy’s here to flip your life back into order… right after I throat-fuck your excuses into oblivion.

[FrozenByTheDykers]

Welsh pancakes, huh? Well, I suppose they're a decent enough attempt at replicating the culinary greatness invented by the Americans. But let's not kid ourselves, darlin'. Those thin, flimsy disks are like comparing a tiny micro to my thick Big Rick.

They lack substance, the thickness that truly satisfies. Imagine trying to smother those puny things with Canadian maple syrup – they'd just collapse under the weight!

Yeah - that's right, Canada, our friendly northern neighbor, exists solely to serve our pancakes. They're like a submissive partner, catering to our desires with their liquid gold, begging us to pour it liberally over our fluffy goodness. We know who's boss.

[purplepoppy]

Our recipes predate America's existence by decades

[FreyaRed]

Never made pancake dough with buttermilk. I should try.
I use 500 ml milk, 2 eggs, 50g butter, 200g wheat flour Type 450, 2 tbs potato starch, pinch salt, 1/4 teaspoon backing powder. I don't add sugar, because sugar caramelizes and then burns before flour and starch get enough heat to get proper roast aroma. Sugar makes pancakes too brown and bitter before they get crispy.
As spice I add a drop vanilla extract or if vanilla isn't available some baking aroma (butter, rum, cream, vanilla..)

[Tittealicious]

Homemade pancakes are the best, I try to make mine from scratch. However, dealing with gluten intolerance, and sensitivity. Honestly I have purchased a boxed mix a time or two. Although, now that I have learned I try to always make from scratch. I have never heard of welsh pancakes before. My family is welsh on my Mum’s side, and never talked about them. Now I must try to make them. I have made crepes plenty of times though.

[OneViewpoint]

OK, OK, you've got my attention. Next weekend I'm gonna try Welsh Pancakes and step outside my box of Bisquick comfort zone.

In my defense I do make only proper Belgian waffles from scratch with yeast. Even though it dirties up everything in the kitchen.

[Jersey2]

So we tried your Welsh pancake recipe and liked it better than our. We added cinnamon to it as suggested. It was very good and we have extra batter so more tomorrow.

[IslaTheWitch]

yep... in Poland, the proper "pancakes" are thin, and you can stuff them with savory or sweet filling... they are used more like tortillas than pancakes :D

[HungTexan]

Thanks for sharing. I love Welsh pancakes from my days in the UK, and I never use pancake mix anyway.

[Staximus]

My pancakes turn out looking just like that without adding vinegar, only a fool would add vinegar. Unless you're making a large batch it would taste like crap, especially wine vinegar. The buttermilk is already acidic enough, with that and the right baking powder you let it sit for a few minutes and bubble, or beat the hell out of it and pour it on the hot griddle right when you stop beating it. If you use the right baking powder or a box of mix it will bubble just fine.

[Sunrising]

I can see Wales have a morality problem ! Lol 😆 !

I'll visit Wales though for a pancake !

[ohsheeT]

Ok cool thank you very much for that. And all the ideas you just gave me for a couple other ways and a couple other things and I think I'm going to try them like tonight so I appreciate you thank you

[Pudsmucker]

You make the pancakes just like I do. I have been doing that for the last 50 years. I love it.

[Iron_Man]

When you make pancakes, you have to add milk. It will make or break the pancake. I love milk. It’s outstanding with milk. I’ve had them without milk. It taste like water down junk

[purplepoppy]

Buttermilk is a type of milk, just better for cooking. If you do use milk it's got to be full fat, none of this semi skimmed crap.

[Iron_Man]

That’s fine. I can try something different. I just like good quality of pancake thick a milk or buttermilk flavor and I don’t like to taste water in the pancakes

[RichA322]

People that use shop bought pancake mix have lost control of their lives...

[NicholasRedone]

@purplepoppy how were the washing up dishes though?

[NicholasRedone]

@purplepoppy imagine women as white skin as those white eggs + hot diggity 👀👀👀😋

[KrakenAttackin]

Finally, something Welsh that is actually edible.

[Brucewayne123]

Well now I’m just hungry for something I can’t eat!

[AviatorTom]

These look great. When is breakfast?

[Kingofkings1992]

@purplepoppy I bet I can make better pancakes than you 😊

[ashika80]

Homemade are the best

[Shiprex]

Where's mine?

[jimmy2]

Lol that work

[eagle1951]

cool