Recipe | Pancakes
Sweet Toppings

I almost always serve Hotcakes, Pikelets, Scotch Pancakes and Crepes with a sweet topping of some kind. Lemon and sugar is the classic. As a child I remember assembling them at the table; we sprinkled our own sugar, squeezed over the lemon juice by hand, rolled them up, and munched away. Now I think a combination of a sauce, fresh fruit and a creamy complement is more satisfying: The most common combination at our home is Nutella, chopped bananas and Vanilla ice cream, but Maple Syrup is never far away.

Sauce

  • Nutella (hazelnut and chocolate spread)
  • Maple syrup.
  • Melted chocolate
  • Raspberry sauce: blend fresh raspberries with some sugar
  • Wendy's Chocolate Sauce
  • Runny honey
  • Golden syrup sauce: 2 tablespoons golden syrup, 25 grams butter and the juice of 2 lemons.
Fresh Fruit
  • Bananas. Can be chopped raw or cooked whole to soften (BBQ, grill, or microwave).
  • Strawberries - fantastic with raspberry or chocolate sauce
  • Blueberries
  • Raspberries
  • Boysenberries
  • Mixed Berries
  • Honeycomb (e.g. a roughly chopped Crunchy Bar). Ok this is obviously not a fruit but it serves the same purpose when on a crepe. Combine with chocolate of some kind.

[Optional] Dusting

  • 1 teaspoon Icing Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Icing Sugar mixed a pinch of Cocoa Powder
Creamy complement
  • Ice Cream - I prefer Vanilla
  • Whipped Cream
  • Yoghurt
  • Crème Fraise
  • Mix of 50:50 Crème Fraise and Plain Yoghurt