Pancakes are one of the most versatile and relatively cheap things to make. Countries around the world have varying takes on them – from the thick and fluffy American style ones to the thin and airy French crêpe. I personally prefer the latter and with a sweet topping.
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Thin crepes filled with fruit and thick cream!! Lush 🙂
Thin crepes (that way i can eat more!) with lemon and sugar
Thin crepes – with lemon and a drizzle of honey, or with black cherries and ice cream…..mmm
A thin crepe
The Traditional Lemon & Sugar Is My Favourite
Maple Syrup
I love pancakes with lemon juice and sugar!
traditional with clotted cream
Lemon and sugar is just the best. Golden syrup is definitely up there though.
I like thin pancakes with lemon juice, sugar and Cointreau.
traditional – can’t beat lemon juice and sugar
While I do love a crepe with lemon and sugar, my heart will always thud extra hard for an american style pancake. 🙂
traditional but spread with nutella and rolled up
Savoury crepes – with a spinach and ricotta type filling. Definitely my favourite.
I love pancakes with sugar and lemon juice.
American, with maple syrup 🙂
A traditional pancake with orange juice and sugar 🙂
I always drown my pancakes in lemon and orange juice. YUM!
Just with Sugar.
Thin crepes with syrup.
traditional pancake with sugar & lemon juice
Probably the Thin crepes. Although, for me, all pancakes are amazing at first, but you get sick of them quickly.
p.s. Please remove the last post, I accidentally put my email in the name field.
I love them filled with strawberries and cream
traditional pancake with lots of syrup!!!
I love traditional British pancakes with a sweet topping such as maple syrup
Chocolate spread and chopped nuts
I like traditional style. Or squirty chocolate for a special treat
The thin crepe style filled with strawberries and Ice cream!! 😀
Traditional British with lemon and sugar
I loooove crepes with simple lemon and sugar. Or, odd as it sounds, white vinegar and demerera sugar! I’ve loved it since I was about 3 🙂
I like thin pancakes with raspberry vinegar and a sprinkling of sugar
Thick American style pancakes with syrup.
one with chocolate spread
Nice thick ones with lot’s of maple syrup.. Yummy
small american style
Plain & simple, fresh lemon, caster sugar as many as possible!
traditional with lemon juice
American buttermilk pancakes
Cherry pie filling and ice cream
I put a bit of jam on them.
Traditional pancakes with lemon and sugar
I looove drop pancakes with Blueberrys & creme fraiche
I like them just with syrup!
Thin crepes filled with melted milk chocolate
Thin crepe style, with lemon juice and sugar.
Plain with maple syrup and bacon – yum
I like pancakes with vanilla icecream and strawberry jam
I love thin crepe style pancakes
plain pancake with lemon juice and sugar
Thin crepes with lots of maple syrup xx
I love pancakes with banana and chocolate sauce but also like cheese and ham
i like thick pancakes with lots of filling and ice cream 🙂
Traditional with lemon juice and sugar.
I like American style pancakes with bacon and maple syrup the best!
i love the thick american style ones with lashings of syrup
I like the thick American style pancakes with Nutella, banana and strawberries
I prefer mine in the traditional way, ultra thin, with lemon and sugar
plain with butter and sugar on 🙂
Traditional with just lemon juice
Traditional thin ones with bananas and caramel
Thin pancakes with sugar and lemon.
I love the traditional style with golden syrup, lemon and sugar x
Traditional British pancakes with lemon and sugar 🙂
Thin crepes, favourite filling apple puree with cinnamon.
salted caramel icecream
Traditional with lemon and sugar
love pancakes with cherries
traditional with lemon and sugar
traditional, with lemon and sugar 😀
traditional with lemon juice and sugar
amercian style
Lemon Juice & sugar
lemon and sugar you cant beat it
Crepe with melted nutella
crepes
Anything savoury! 🙂
But, if it’s a dessert then only with lemon! 🙂
Apple with maple syrup
Maple Syrup
Quite thick with Nutella and squirty cream
American with peanut butter.
Lemon and sugar Crepe for me!
thin crepes with lemon and sugar
Lemon and maple syrup
Ice cream, crushed nuts and strawberries
standard british pancake with blackberry jam
Crepe style with lemon and sugar
English with lemon, sugar and a little golden syrup! 🙂
wow this would be fantastic
Thin crepes with lots of lemon and a pinch of sugar 😀
Sugar and Lemon yum!!
Lemon and sugar.
The classic lemon and sugar
banana pancakes with maple syrup. heaven!
Chocolate chip buttermilk pancakes with golden syrup
the classic, lemon and sugar all the way
One with plenty of maple syrup on top!
I’m normally a sucker for good old lemon and sugar, but this weekend I tried a savoury Mexican one with chicken, jalapeños, sour cream, guacamole, sprinkled with crushed tortilla chips and cheese – heavenly!
traditional thin style with lots of nutella and banana
Banana and golden syrup!
pancakes with syrup
Strawberries, banana, cream and chocolate pancakes oh yes!
Traditional for me, Lemon, sugar & syrup.
classic pancake with chocolate spread and banana rolled in it
any with loads of toffee sauce
Good old-fahsion sugar and lemon juice for me
Lemon,sugar and grated chocolate.
thin crepes with chocolate syrup
Traditional with lemon and sugar 🙂
american with maple syrup.
traditional with Lemon and Sugar
White, dark or milk chocolate (I’m really not fussy!) hehe! 🙂 x
thin with lotsof syrup
Thin with fresh fruit!
Pancakes with lemon juice and sugar
Classic British – lemon juice and granulated sugar
Thin pancakes with Lemon juice and sugar sprinkled on top
I definitely love mine thin and large with smarties in the middle… yum
thin crepe
traditional thin pancake with lemon juice and sugar
golden syrup and bananas on, yummy
anything sweet!
first choice is always lemon and sugar
A savoury one preferably with cheese involved!
thin pancake with lemon and sugar
Honey and lemon
lemon and sugar
Any kind of pancake whatsoever, they’re all my favourite food group! I am partial to maple syrup, chocolate or ice cream with them though 🙂
fresh lemon juice and sugar….lovely
Any kind of pancake, but with sugar and lemon atop 🙂
plain with Henderson’s Relish on, yum yum
Pancakes with freshly sqeezed lemon juice and sugar
thin with nutella and maple syrup all the way 🙂
Thick pancakes with maple syrup and lemon juice
Thin pancakes with hot chocolate sauce
Sliced Banana with a swirl of golden syrup over the top
Lemon and sugar just like mom used to make , yummy xxx
Just with lemon and sugar
Lemon and sugar
thin and crispy with lemon and sugar
Chocolate and strawberry
sugar and banana is my fave
Lemon and sugar for me
Just pancakes with lemon and sugar
Thin pancakes with lemon and sugar 🙂
Maple Syrup is my favourite topping
lemon and sugar
Crepe pancake with strawberries and cream
Thick American style pancakes with sugar and crispy bacon
Raspberry jam or chocolate spread. Nothing complicated.
crepes with nutella
Lemon & Sugar 🙂
American pancakes with cream and cinamon
lemon and sugar
Thin with no topping
with lemon, sugar and sultanas
I love them with just lemon and sugar but I did try a rum and raisin one once on holiday in Holland and it was lovely.
Got to be golden syrup!
pancakes with peanut butter and ice cream mmmm
Nothing Better Than Lemon & Sugar On My Pancakes
Thin crepes with syrup or chocolate sauce and chopped strawberries.
I love the standard sweet batter pancake with apple sauce and cinnamon
home made with a squeese of lemon and sugar or golden syrup!
TRADITIONAL WITH GOLDEN SYRUP
sugar and lemon
thin pancakes with lemon and sugar
Sweet pancake with nutella
Lemon and sugar. Can’t beat it!
lemon juice and sugar yumyum
Lemon and sugar is the
Best!!
A thin pancake with lemon and sugar is my favourite
plain with lemon and sugar
american with maple syrup!!
Just plain with lemon and sugar
choc/vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, choc sauce and malteasers!!!
Cherry pancake with ice cream
Definitely lemon and sugar!!
Love them all.
Savoury pancakes with bacon
Lemon and sugar!!
Orange and sugar or Lemon and sygar
I love chocolate chip pancakes 🙂
lemon and sultana scotch pancakes
traditional – can’t beat lemon juice and sugar
Melted chocolate with cream and sliced banana.
traditional home made pancake with golden syrup
Home made lemon curd
I just love Banana and Honey on my pancake
Thin with lemon & sugar
Lemon and sugar for sure or anything with chocolate is good. 😉
A traditional pancake with lemon and sugar
pancakes filled with bolognese sauce covered with a tomato sauce & cheese
Sweet with maple syrup and vanilla ice cream.
Ordinary pancakes made fairly thin, and filled with lemon and honey
Love my pancakes with raspberries, blueberries and strawberries and a dash of maple syrup, yum yum xx
Thick ones with maple syrup
crepe with banana and chocolate souce
Peanut butter and banana
just with lemon and sugar
thin pancakes with cherries and strawberries on top
thin with golden syrup
Cherry compote with shaved chocolate on top. Delicious
Topped with lemon and sugar
Crepes or pancakes with any sweet filling/topping.
Thin, crepe pancakes with lots of lemon and sugar!
The traditional pancakes with lemon and sugar
Love orange juice on mine with sugar x
Traditional pancakes with sugar and lemon juice
With loads of chocolate spread hhhmmm
lemon brown sugar and saltanas
Traditional, big and thin with lemon juice and sugar
The kind drizzled with golden syrup! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Topped with baked cinnamon apple 🙂
stacked with maple syrup
With lemon and sugar – yummy!
Pancakes with lemon and sugar.
Pancake with Nutella
strawberries and condensed milk
Sweet pancakes with orange and sugar
Traditional with Jif lemon and sugar
A classic pancake – well what I make I attempt to make a classic pancake! Love it with maple syrup!
Crepes with chocolate sauce
Cherries with Dark Chocolate
Thin crepes with chocolate sauce and tangerines
Crepes with cherries and cream
gorgeously soggy syrup-filled/drenched pancakes served in france on brown plates! delicious! with love, faye xx
American style
sweet with strawberries and nutella
Sweet pancakes with maple syrup – yum!
Banana nut pancakes
I love a thin pancake with nutella 🙂
thin pancake with nutella and fresh strawberries
The thin French crepes, traditional with lemon and sugar
sweet with lemon and sugar
I love a traditional scottish pancake with butter and jam
Thick, with lashings of Golden Syrup, I am allowed a cheat day while body building!
Of course!
With golden syrup….mmmm! :p
Traditional English ones with lemon & sugar or nutella & banana
Sweet ones for me! covered in sugar an lemon.
Golden Syrup
Crepes with chocolate sauce…. Soooo yummy
sugar and lemon for me x
Freshly squeezed orange juice and a sprinkle of demerara sugar for crunch
Thin crepes – with lemon
I like a stack of American pancakes topped with maple syrup and whipped cream
I love thin pancakes with Maple Syrup
Thin pancakes with lemon and sugar or american pancakes with maple syrup and bacon…in fact any pancakes will do 🙂 🙂
I usually prefer savoury pancakes
crepes with lemon and sugar
lemon and sugar
Maple Syrup
any style but i prefer sweet – with chocolate spread and strawberries
Traditional lemon and sugar
maple syrup
I love thin pancakes with maple syrup
chocolate
My favourite is American pancakes!!
bananas and ice cream 🙂
I favourite pancake is filled with slices of banana, toffee sauce and squirty cream – yum!
Very thin traditional pancakes are my favourite.
Am the old fashioned sort and still enjoy pancakes lemon and sugar. Mmmmm lurvely 🙂
I love savoury pancakes with a spicy tomato and chickpea sauce, with cheese :
nice big thick ones with lemon and sugar 🙂
I like nice thin pancakes with loads of maple syrup!
traditional with lots of sugar and lemon
Scottish griddle pancakes, still warm with just a spread of butter. Or proper crepes with nutella 😀
Any pancakes (thick/thin) with chocolate sauce
thin pancakes with strawberry jam on top
Plain with sugar & butter
Crepes with sugar
pancakes with golden syrup
Crepes with chocolate spread and fresh raspberries 🙂
sweet with maple syrup
Thin pancakes with sugar and lime juice
lemon and sugar
tinned cherries and squirty cream
honey and nut
Lemon and sugar
lemon and sugar
I would go for a traditional pancake with banana and a drizzle of honey
Thin pancake with lemon and sugar.
I LOVE THIN PANCAKES, SLIGHTLY BROWN WITH LEMON AND SUGAR.
Thin pancake with lemon juice but no sugar
ordinary, with sugar and lemon
I prefer thin pancakes with lemon and sugar.
normal pancake with lemon and sugar OR american pancake with maple syrup and bacon… mmmm
Drop scones!
Crepe
I like thin golden pancakes with lemon and lime juice and a sprinkle of sugar
Thin with strawberry jam!
Can’t beat lemon and sugar traditional pancakes!
Traditional pancakes with maple syrup 🙂
old style simple with lemon and sugar x
American Style with Golden Syrup
just plain pancakes with lemon and sugar is my favourite
Crepes
Nice and thin with sugar and lemon
Thin pancakes with sugar and lemon
It has to be crepes filled with melted chocolate and chantilly cream- delicious!
Crepe – with honey and crushed almonds.
Crepes xx
edible, thin and with lemon and sugar
My favourite would be an American pancake with bacon and maple syrup
crepes with homemade marsbar sauce
thin pancakes with lemon and sugar
chocolate crepes x
thick and fluffy American style ones
Lemon and sugar is just the best.
Thin Crepes
The normal one with sugar and lemon
Sugar, lemon and a lime on top!
buttery pancakes with sugar yummy
butter pancakes with sugar yummy
I prefer a thin crepe with maple syrup
Nutella and Hazelnut
lemon and sugar
crepes with sugar
Lemon & Sugar Is My Favourite
Traditional crepe style with lemon and syrup.
golden syrup on scotch pancakes
not too thick not too thin with lemon juice and sugar 🙂
Traditional style with lemon juice & sugar
Thin waffle pancakes with hot fudge sauce.
A thin Crispy Crepe with Fresh Lemon Juice and Sugar
bananas and ice-cream 🙂
Any type of pancake! Love them all with maple syrup or nutella!
Allllllll the pancakes!
I love ALL pancakes but I think a thin and airy French crêpe would be my first choice.
I like a thin pancake with lemon and sugar
I like thin pancakes with fresh lemon juice and golden syrup
if I had to choose I would go for crepes,served with orange and a little sugar
I love them with lashings of Canadian Syrup and a stack of crispy smoked bacon xxxx
A nice thin pancake with lots of sugar on it.
Lemon Juice with sugar or hot syrup 🙂
…British Style 🙂
Maple syrup
Banana
Traditional with lemon and sugar for me.
Have to keep it simple with lemon and sugar – yum yum
I love crepes served with golden syrup
simple sugar lemon and sliced banana
crepe pancakes
Think with chocolate and raisins 🙂
Crepes 🙂
Traditional style
A thin crepe style, with lemon and sugar
just plain old traditional ones with lemon and sugar
The classic – Lemon and sugar!
I love american style with maple syrup and smoky bacon!
golden syrup, lemon juice & sugar x
with chocolate spread and sliced banana on it
I like this crepe ones with syrup on
American!
Plain and simple – just lemon juice and sugar
Sweet – with nutella and ice-cream
Pancakes with lemon and sugar
With lemon juice and sugar
Thin crepes
Butter and sugar
pancakes and ice cream
i love bananas and maple syrup, nutella or cheese and ham mmmm!!!
Sweet for me, with a crazy amount of maple syrup! x
lemon and sugar
Banana
A thin one with lemon & sugar, i like to try to make the edges crispy!
I love them continental style (like crepes) with an american twist – nutella and peanut butter!!
Thin crepes with chocolate spread
fresh butter and lemon juice
I love pancakes with jam and butter. I never make them fresh though, I always buy them.
traditional pancakes stacked and drizzles with syrup and butter – yum
i love pancakes with sugar and lemon
Maple syrup
It’s got to be plain with lemon and sugar
homemade traditional pancakes filled with toffee and banana
My mum style…which are delicious!
Traditional pancakes with syrup and chocolate sauce – yum!
My favourite is warm red berries wrapped in a pancake topped with raspberry coulis & served with vanilla ice cream 🙂
Thin, crepe style with nutella! 🙂
Plain with lemon & sugar
I love American style with syrup 🙂
thin crepe
Traditional with lemon and sugar…. yummm
As much sugar as possible and a drop of lemon and lime juice!
Chocolate crepes with butterscotch ice cream.
traditional with sugar
I prefer thin pancakes with lemon and sugar.
Thinly made with greek yoghurt and blueberries
Scotch pancakes with butter and jam!
I enjoy the American style pancakes as a Sunday breakfast treat, we have them with crispy bacon and maple syrup 🙂 yum yum yum
Normal with lemon and sugar
Not burnt!
traditional lemon and sugar
As thin as possible with freshly squeezed lemon and brown sugar
American
A CLASSIC THIN STYLE CREPE WITH LEMON AND CASTER SUGAR..YOU SIMPLY CANT BEAT IT!
Thin as possible with maple syrup
really thick, and covered in butter 🙂
Thin crepe with lemon and syrup
old fashioned with lemon and sugar
Sweet pancakes and sugar and cinnamon as my favourite topping
traditional with sugar
I love my pancakes with golden syrup x
love my pancakes with golden syrup x
Plain old lemon and sugar does it for me :0)
savoury, with cheese and marmite
crispy with lemon and sugar
Heavily tossed, with lots of lemon juice, sugar and whipped cream
Crepes with sugar and lemon
I love them with bacon and maple syrup
Maple syrup and lemon, sweet and tangy! x
Thin crepes!
Cherries and cream…perfect
Filled with creamed garlic mushrooms.
I love the standard lemon and sugar pancake.
Traditional ones that are not too thick with sugar and lemon juice
thin with sugar
Love a nice, thick pancake with lemon and sugar!! 🙂
I love making American pancakes for my kids
Traditional with lemon and sugar
Bacon and Maple Syrup
Thin crepe style with lemon, blueberries and chocolate mousse
lemon , sugar and maple syrup
The traditional style with lemon juice and sugar … yummy! 🙂
Rhubarb and banana with fruit coulis is my new favourite
thin pancakes with honey and lemon
I like any type of pancake – with sugar and lemon juice 🙂
The one in a beef wellington 🙂
Thin crepe with sliced banana, maple syrup and cream – delicious!
Lemon and sugar
American pancakes with maple syrup thick and fluffy
I love pancakes but only like them with thick onion gravy
WARM TOFFEE SAUCE , SLICED BANANA & FUDGE PIECES !
Chocolate chip
Has to be with nutella and crunchy peanut butter its like a snickers all rolled up in a pancake yum!
chocolate and cream are my favorite
classic pancakes with chocolate spread
GOLDEN SYRUP
I love pancakes with maple syrup
Traditional with lemon and sugar
with lemon
1 some 1 else as cooked for me
Ones with sugar and lemon
i love the traditional thin pancake spread with chocolate spread
I like crepe type ones x
sugar or just nutella
Lemon and sugar
Home made with lemon juice and sugar
Rolled up with Golden Syrup!
thin with lemon and sugar
My favourite is caramelised bananas, maple syrup and whipped cream
I love thin pancakes with Maple Syrup rolled up.
NOTE – Please remove my previous comment – thanks. 🙂
Pancakes with lemon and sugar
traditional lemon and sugar yummy
Traditional with sugar and lemon.
I love proper French crêpes, there’s just something about the taste that sets them apart.
Lemon and sugar
Scotch pancakes with fresh fruit
Thin crepe with warmed mashed banana and cream
Thin with loads of maple syrup
We had melted Dairy Milk with vanilla icecream this year and it was very yummy.
Sweet with cointreau and orange
Think crepes with nutella yum happy memories of France
traditional with maple syrup
banana and golden syrup with vanilla icecream
I love American pancakes with bacon sausage and mpale syrup.
Nutella and banana mmmmm
Maple syrup with bacon, salty and sweet!
with lemon and sugar yummy
cream and strawberry filling x
love american pancakes with honey
cherries and whipped cream on pancakes
Thin crepes, served warm with chocolate filling x
Pecan and caramel with a dollop of creme fraiche
Thin with lemon and sugar 🙂
Thin Crepes with Ice Cream. x
These are sooo yummy!
I love American style pancakes with natural yoghurt, strawberries & honey.
Love thin crepes with nutella and either strawberries or bananas
Pancakes with black cherries and ice cream.
Im a big fan of the American pancake, espicialy if its smothered with maple syrup and bacon!!
i love mine covered i chocolate sauce!
Pancake with ice cream and fresh strawberries in the middle, with melted Mars bar over the tip and sprinkled with chopped nuts. I have done this for around 30 years and my children used to love it and now my grandchilren do
nothing beats lemon and sugar!
Thin pancakes with chocolate sauce
My favourite is traditional British pancakes with lemon and sugar. I think I love all pancakes though!
Fresh Fruit and whipped cream 🙂
Lemon and sugar
Pancakes with sugar and hot apple
Thin with strawberries and cream
Fluffy Scottish Pancakes for me x
Thin crepes with cinnamon and sugar.
Topped with lemon and sugar
Maple syrup, bacon and cinnamon
lemon and sugar if I’m being good and filled with cream and jam and topped with chocolate if I’m feeling wreckless ! lol!
I love thin crepes with lemon and brown sugar
American pancakes with Nutella and banana 🙂
Good old lemon and sugar!
Traditional thin ones with Nutella
Thin crepes with lemon and sugar
blueberries and fresh cream
sugar and lemon
classic and simple – sugar and lemon
thick american style with blueberries, bananas and maple syrup
leftover roast lamb, mint sauce and gravy
nutella
lemon and sugar, cant be the classic x
Traditional with sugar and lemon.
I like the thin ones with sugar and lemon juice 😛 yum x
Traditional sugar and lemon for me
what??? you cant pick one fav!!!! all pancakes are amazing 🙂
Nice and thin with lemon and sugar.
With lemon curd and ice cream please !!!
Crepe suzette flambed, of course!
traditional – with lemon and sugar
Nutella 🙂 xx
Bluberry Pancakes 🙂
Scotch pancakes
Sweet!