Pancakes or Crêpes - What is the difference?
The word pancakes does not mean the same thing to everyone. Mostly in some parts of Europe, pancakes are what people in the U.S., France etc... would call crêpes. The in U.S. pancakes are sometimes also called hotcakes, griddlecakes, or flapjacks. Then there are many different recipes for pancakes the differ from country to country. So if this site is dedicated to pancake recipes I'll include both pancake and crêpe recipes. But not to confuse the things to much in the beginning - actually pancakes and crêpes are pretty much almost the same thing. They are made out of the same main ingredients - flour, milk and eggs. The only difference is that when making pancakes we also add some raising agent like baking powder. This makes pancakes thicker and softer. And because they are thicker we also make the smaller in size. On the other hand crêpes are thinner, when making them we use no baking powder and we make them bigger. Before we eat them we also stuff them with fruit, nutella, or some other topping. Anyway, so much about the pancake and crêpes difference, not it's time for some pancake recipes.
20.11.2009. 13:44
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