Call us predictable but, here at Craft Gin Club, our favourite pancake topping is gin and tonic. Yes, a G&T. That’s right, we have managed to find a way to incorporate our favourite tipple into one of our favourite foods…

With a zesty hit of lime, this grown-up, gin-spiked pancake recipe is the perfect treat for Pancake Day (or Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, whichever you celebrate).

While we do like a crépe, we think that the fluffier, fatter, American pancakes are the best for this recipe - there’s more pastry to soak up the tonic-infused whipped cream and the maple syrup mixed with London Dry Gin.

A gin lover’s dream, this homemade pancake recipe is easy to whip up, so give it a go. There's no better way to be eating pancakes!

Gin & Tonic Pancakes

Ingredients:

For the pancake mix:
130g flour
60g sugar
10g baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 egg
300ml milk
75g fresh lime juice
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
40g melted butter
Zest of 1 lime

For the gin syrup:
100ml maple syrup
30ml gin

For the tonic cream:
1 tbsp sugar
300ml cream
60ml tonic water
Juice of half a lime.

Method:

Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt (your dry ingredients) in a bowl and mix with a whisk.
Combine the egg, milk, fresh lime juice, vanilla extract and melted butter (your wet ingredients) in a different bowl and whisk together.
Pour the wet mixture into the dry mixture and whisk together, leaving some lumps.
Mix in the lime zest.
Add the ginny maple syrup to a pouring jug and mix to combine.
In a bowl, whisk the cream, sugar and tonic water together with lime juice until the cream forms soft peaks.
Fry the pancake batter in butter and flip when bubbles appear.
Serve a pile of the pancakes with the syrup and cream. Enjoy!