Dutch Baby Pancakes, also known as German Pancakes, are a fun, perfect no fuss breakfast that are mesmerising to watch cook.

It’s quite a strange name, as they’re not Dutch (their origins are in Germany) and there’s nothing small about them.

They are, however, a puffed up pancake! Well, think pancake meets crepe meets Yorkshire pudding. I’ve actually adapted my Basic Crepes recipe for this one.

The tricks to the puff are a nice hot oven and pre-heating your pan.

How to make a Dutch Baby Pancake

A thin batter made by whizzing up just a few basic ingredients in thermie, you’ll have it in the oven in less than 5 minutes.

This is where the magic happens. After a few minutes, you will see the edges start to rise and right before your eyes, they will get bigger and puffier!
The middle will also puff up and start to brown too and before you know it, it’s ready!

Once out of the oven it deflates quite quickly so it’s a good idea to get your toppings ready for as soon as it comes out.

Want to Make an Even Bigger Dutch Baby Pancake"

Since publishing this recipe last week, I’ve had a few questions on making a bigger one to serve more people. This can definitely be done by increasing the ingredients and using a bigger pan.

There have been a couple of people in our testing team using bigger pans very successfully and this morning I tried this t...