You really can eat your cake for breakfast with these easy and delicious strawberry cake mix pancakes!
Hope you had a great Valentine’s Day!
We recently made these easy strawberry cake mix pancakes and topped them with strawberry sauce, whipped cream, and Valentine’s sprinkles. The kids loved it and it was a perfect celebration breakfast!
I didn’t get a chance to put the recipe up before the holiday, but no worries! These pancakes are so easy to make, you don’t have to wait for a special occasion. Grab a box of cake mix and try them tomorrow! They’re a fun excuse to eat some cake for breakfast.
The texture of these strawberry cake mix pancakes is lighter and fluffier… well, cakier…than a traditional pancake. We like topping them with strawberry sauce and whipped cream instead of syrup because it tastes like eating strawberry shortcake.
Probably because that’s pretty much what it is 😁
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Video Instructions:
Ingredients in Strawberry Cake Mix Pancakes:
Strawberry Cake Mix
All-Purpose Flour
Vegetable Oil
Milk
Water
Eggs
Red Food Coloring (Optional)
How to Make Strawberry Cake Mix Pancakes:
1) Preheat your griddle to 350°F.
2) Add dry strawberry cake mix and all-purpose flour to a large mixing bowl. Use a whisk to combine the dry ingredients.
3) Add vegetable oil, milk, water, beaten eggs, and food coloring (optional) to the mixing bowl. Use a spoon to mix everything together just until dry ingredients and wet ingredients are incorporated. Try not to overmix the batter because it can make your pancakes tough. There will still be small lumps in the batter, but there should be no patches of dry ingredients.
4) Use a spatula or paper towel to spread a little vegetable oil evenly over the surface of the griddle. You can use butter instead of vegetable oil if you prefer.
5) Scoop 1/4 cup of batter onto the griddle for each pancake. Cook until bubbles form on the tops of the pancakes and the bottoms are golden, around 2 minutes.
6) Flip pancakes and cook for another minute, just until pancakes are cooked through. Remove from griddle and place on a plate.
7) Repeat steps 5 and 6 with the remaining batter. This recipe makes 18-20 pancakes.
8) Serve pancakes warm, topped with strawberry sauce and whipped cream (optional). This makes them taste like strawberry shortcake pancakes😋
Strawberry Cake Mix Pancakes
Ingredients
- 15.25 oz box of strawberry cake mix
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil (plus a little extra for the griddle)
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 4 drops red food coloring (optional)
Toppings:
- strawberry sauce
- whipped cream
Instructions
- Preheat griddle to 350°F.
- Add dry strawberry cake mix and all-purpose flour to a large mixing bowl. Use a whisk to combine.
- Add vegetable oil, milk, water, beaten eggs, and food coloring to the mixing bowl. Use a spoon to mix until dry ingredients and wet ingredients are just incorporated. Try not to overmix; there will still be small lumps in the batter, but there should be no patches of dry ingredients.
- Use a spatula or paper towel to spread a little vegetable oil over the surface of the griddle.
- Scoop 1/4 cup of batter onto the griddle for each pancake. Cook until bubbles form on the tops of pancakes and the bottoms are golden, around 2 minutes.
- Flip pancakes and cook another 1 minute, just until pancakes are cooked through. Remove from griddle and place on a plate.
- Repeat with remaining batter. Recipe makes 18-20 pancakes.
- Serve pancakes warm, topped with strawberry sauce and whipped cream (optional). Enjoy!
Notes
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