Elderberry Flower Pancakes
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Golden pancakes infused with the delicate fragrance of fresh elderberry flowers are a true taste of spring on your plate. Made with tender blossoms, creamy buttermilk, and a touch of butter, these pancakes are light, floral, and irresistibly comforting.
Breakfast is not my favorite meal of the day. In fact, for years I would only eat a piece of toast or an English muffin. The only time I really liked eating breakfast was when my dad made me “dippy eggs” with pan fried toast. Otherwise, I only ate on mornings that I had morning swim practice.
While I’m still not a huge breakfast fan I do make a few really good breakfast dishes. I make Old Fashioned Pancakes often for breakfast for dinner. I also make Sourdough Belgium Waffles when I need to use my sourdough starter. On rare occasions when we need a big breakfast I will make Steak and Eggs Hash.
I do tend to make breakfast on the weekends now and I’m always looking for new recipes. So when I received elderberry flowers in my CSA share a few weeks ago I had no clue what to do with them.
What are elderberry flowers?
Elderberry flowers, also called elderflowers, are the delicate, white blossoms of the elderberry plant. They are often used in cooking and baking.
I searched for recipes and one I repeatedly found was for elderberry flower pancakes. I decided to use my own pancake recipe and added in the elderberry flowers.
I really enjoyed these pancakes. The elderberry flowers added a lightly floral flavor along with a slight sweetness and just a hint of fruit flavor.
I was surprised by how much we liked them! I added an elderberry flower as garnish and we enjoyed beautiful pancakes for dinner.
Elderberry Pancakes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 10 elderberry flower umbels pulled off of the stem
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 1 ¼ cups buttermilk
- 1 egg beaten
- 3 Tablespoons melted butter
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine the buttermilk, egg, and butter. In a smaller bowl combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar.
- Add the flour mixture to the milk mixture and whisk until smooth. Gently stir in the elderberry flowers.
- Heat a frying pan over medium heat. Spray with cooking spray. Pour two pancakes into the pan, using ¼ c. batter for each. When the top begins to bubble flip the pancake and allow to cook for two more minutes.
- Remove from pan and serve with an elderberry flower on top for garnish.
Notes
I’ve never tried elderberry flowers before! My husband loves pancakes for dessert (not breakfast, not dinner), so I’m bookmarking this to serve him later!
I’ve never eaten elderberry flowers, but these pancakes look so good! “Dippy eggs” are served all the time in our house because the kids love them. People always laugh when we call them that, but I’m glad we aren’t the only ones! Haha
What a creative use of elderberries. I would love to get a whiff of these pancakes. It’s so cool you’re part of a CSA!
What a unique recipe..I never knew that elderberry flowers were a food, let alone that you can make pancakes with them. I’d definitely love a taste!
Never heard of these flowers as food, but now I want them! Come to my house and make me pancakes!
Never knew you could eat elderberry flowers! How creative
I loved dippy eggs too! For the longest time I didn’t know how to order an egg correctly in a restaurant. I only knew I liked them “dippy.” These look like such a unique and fun combo. What a great dish!
I’m new to liking breakfast in the past few years as well. Your pancakes look divine, I can’t wait to try the recipe.
Yep, I totally agree. When I was growing up, I never ate breakfast. My parents never really forced me to, and I never did. I could easily go until lunchtime, and be just fine without eating. Then, I started dating my now-husband. Well, his family LOVES breakfast. They love going out to breakfast, making breakfast, all of it. So I started forcing myself to choke some stuff down so they didn’t think I was a total weirdo. And now it’s possible that it’s my favorite meal. So funny how stuff like that works.
I love these pancakes and the edible flower! Gotta love it when your CSA box forces you to try something new 🙂
I am silently quoting Monty Python right now. I’ve never heard of elderberry pancakes before. These sound so good.
You put the flowers IN the pancakes? Probably the purtiest pancakes evah!
I still need to find elderberries! I am intrigued by them. What a nice recipe, love pancakes!!!!!
Breakfast is one of my personal faves, so I for one am glad you now eat it 🙂 Your recipe looks tasty!