Dutch Baby Pancake with Lemon and Blackberries

This spectacular puffy breakfast pancake comes to the table as soon as it is out of the oven. It’s perfect with some fruit and drizzle of jam.

Scrumptious! I’m starting off Brunch Month on TaraTeaspoon.com with this spectacular German Pancake (Dutch Baby). This pancake is one of the simplest dishes to prepare and one of the most impressive to serve.

A German Pancake is a cross between a soufflé and an omelet – it is a light, airy pancake with sides. It also gets puffed (this egg mixture billows up to unbelievable heights) and crispy around the edges while retaining a pancake-like tenderness in the middle.

The sides of the pancake rise high above edges of the pan, creating that light, puffy crust with a tender, custard-like middle. It’s also know as Bismarck Pancake, Dutch Puff Pancake, and also David Eyre’s Pancake.

A Dutch baby pancake is normally served for breakfast. It is derived from the German Pfannkuchen. Since the center is just a bit custardy, you can serve it with some fresh berries, lemon juice and confectioners’ sugar and be set. I like to drizzle a little jam or syrup on top as well. That’s just my style.

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Danish Puffcake

Work Time

5 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

This dramatic pancake puffs up and then flattens out after you remove it from the oven.

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Danish Puffcake

Yield: 4 Servings

Calories: 287 kcal

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp unsalted butter melted
• 4 large eggs
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• Pinch salt
• ½ cup whole milk
• 3 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• ¼ cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup (6 oz) blackberries

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 425°F. Place a 12-inch ovenproof skillet with 4 tbsp butter in oven (you can also use a 10-inch skillet, but bake pancake for 20 to 22 min).
2. In a blender, combine eggs, flour, salt and milk until a thin batter forms, about 30 sec.
3. Remove pan with butter from oven and pour in batter. Return to oven and bake until pancake is puffy, golden and set, 18 to 20 min.
4. Serve from skillet or transfer pancake to a plate. Drizzle with more melted butter, if desired, and lemon juice; dust with sugar. Serve immediately with fruit.

Recipe Notes

Easy to assemble, fun to watch it bake, delicious to eat!

Nutrition Facts

Danish Puffcake

Amount Per Serving

Calories 287 Calories from Fat 153

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 17g 26%

Saturated Fat 9g 45%

Cholesterol 197mg 66%

Sodium 78mg 3%

Potassium 187mg 5%

Total Carbohydrates 25g 8%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 11g

Protein 8g 16%

Vitamin A 14.4%

Vitamin C 14.4%

Calcium 7.3%

Iron 9.5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

I’m excited for Brunch Month! While you wait for more tasty breakfast recipes, here is one of my favorites: Whole Wheat Blueberry Pancakes

Recipe Tara Bench
Photographer Yankee Kim
Food Stylist Anne Disrude
Prop Stylist Megan Hedgepeth
Originally published Ladies’ Home Journal March 2009