Puffy Cakes

My mother-in-law calls these German pancakes, but when I learned how to make them (and then lost the recipe) in middle school, we called them puffy cakes. And as when ever I try to look up 'German pancake' on google, I get about ten different varieties, I will call these puffy cakes. Because that's what they do; puff up when baked. I personally feel that these definitely fall under the breakfast category, but we had them for dinner tonight.


6 eggs
1 c flour
1 c milk
1/4 - 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 c butter

Preheat oven to 425. Beat eggs then mix in flour, milk and salt until well blended. When oven is hot, put butter in 9x13 glass baking dish and place in oven until butter is melted. Remove dish from oven, pour batter in and replace dish in oven. Bake for 13-18 minutes or until golden brown on edges (they will rise up, hence the name puffy cake). Serve with maple syrup, powdered sugar or cinnamon and sugar.


My children refused to go to the grocery store so I could not buy the necessary ingredients for the fajitas that I wanted (Happy Cinco de Mayo!). Then one of them asked for pancakes when I asked what on earth am I going to make for dinner and I told them they could have puffy cakes instead. My son grumbled (I don't know why, he gets to eat both with syrup), but I made them anyway. What was the difference going to be anyway? It's not like he's eaten anything I've made for dinner in the last week and a half! The two of them ended up eating 2/3 of the pan between them. I couldn't believe it and after every bite was sure it would be their last. So I am feeling much better as a cook tonight. Although, not so great as a mom who feeds her kids healthy dinners!