Funfetti Pancakes with Cake Mix

Why You’ll Love Birthday Cake Pancakes

• Using boxed cake mix makes these pancakes extra fluffy and cake-like.
• Funfetti pancakes are perfect for birthdays, sleepovers, or holiday mornings.
• Made with simple ingredients for an easy breakfast treat.

Ingredient Notes

• Cake Mix: We use the store brand cake mix because it cost $1.00! Your favorite brand works great. If you can’t find funfetti you can use either a yellow cake mix or a white cake mix and just add rainbow sprinkles to the pancake batter.
• Eggs: We use two large eggs. If you want the pancakes to be lighter inside, more like white cake then you can use four egg whites. The pancakes have a very light golden brown tint anyway so I don’t care about the inside of the pancake being lighter in color. 
• Canola Oil: Vegetable oil or melted butter can be used. Or if you want you can swap out the oil for unsweetened applesauce. I have not tried it but I see no reason why it wouldn’t work. 
• Water: You can swap out the water for whole milk, 2% milk, 1% milk or nonfat milk if you want. I like the little bit thinner consistency you get from using water. 
• Non-Stick Spray: I like the way the pancakes look when I use the spray to keep the pancakes from sticking to the griddle, you can use melted butter. 
• Powdered Sugar: This is the main ingredient to make a sweet glaze that is similar to frosting.
• Butter: We use unsalted butter for this but either unsalted or salted butter works perfectly.
• Milk: Whole milk or whatever you have on hand, even heavy cream or half and half can be used in the frosting. 
• Vanilla: Pure vanilla extract and not imitation vanilla. 
• Sprinkles: We love Jimmies but you can use any type of sprinkles you like. 
• Whipped Cream: These pancakes can be topped with whipped cream instead of vanilla icing.

How to Make Fluffy Cake Batter Pancakes

1. Preheat an electric griddle pan to 300°or a large skillet to medium heat. If using a skillet and the pancakes brown to fast reduce it to medium-low heat.
2. Spray just a bit of cooking spray onto the griddle, or you can use a little butter. 
3. Pour the dry cake mix into a large bowl, add the eggs, oil and water and mix until just combined. Do not over-mix.
4. Pour one-third cup of batter onto the hot griddle for each pancake. Cook until edges dry out, gently flip and cook the other side. 
5. Serve warm with butter and syrup or vanilla glaze.

How to Make Vanilla Icing

1. Microwave the butter in a glass measuring cup, or other microwave safe container, for about 15 seconds to soften it just a bit. 
2. Sift the powdered sugar and add it to the butter, add the milk and vanilla and stir until combined. Make this icing as thick or thin as you like by adding additional milk. We like ours to be thick but pourable.

• Do not overmix the batter. Mix just until no dry cake mix remains. A few lumps are okay.
• Cook the pancakes over medium or medium-low heat. If the griddle is too hot the outside will brown before the inside cooks through. I set my electric griddle to 300°F for cake mix pancakes.
• Flip the pancakes only once, when the edges begin to dry out. Cake mix pancakes do not bubble as much as regular pancakes.
• Test one pancake first to make sure the griddle or skillet is the right temperature before cooking the remaining batter.

Is Pancake Mix the Same as Cake Mix?

No. Cake mix contains more sugar and fat than pancake mix, which is why cake mix pancakes taste sweeter and more dessert-like. Pancake mix also usually contains powdered milk or buttermilk, while cake mix is designed for baking cakes instead of breakfast foods.

Storage & Reheating

Store in an airtight container or zip top bag for several days. Reheat by popping them into the microwave for a few seconds. 

More pancake recipes

• Oat Banana Nut Pancakes
• Apple Cinnamon Pancakes
• Pumpkin Pancakes
• Fluffy Pancakes without Milk

More Recipes Using Cake Mix

• Carrot Cake Cookies
• Duncan Hines Cake Mix Cookies
• Blueberry Muffins