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Cake Batter Pancakes

We started the tradition of serving these for the birthday guest of honor two years ago when Camryn turned three. What better way to begin your special day than sprinkle studded pancakes topped with a vanilla glaze and even more sprinkles?

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Ingredients

Cake Batter Pancakes1.5 cups flour
• 2/3 cup yellow cake mix
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 vanilla bean
• 1-2 cups milk
• sprinkles
Vanilla Sugar Glaze1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 vanilla bean
• sprinkles

Instructions

For Cake Batter PancakesCombine flour, cake mix, baking powder, sugar and salt in medium bowl. Add milk, egg and vanilla and stir until smooth. your batter should resemble typical pancake batter. Begin with 1 cup of milk and add additional milk as needed to reach desired consistency. Scrape inside of vanilla bean into batter and stir to combine. Fold desired amount of sprinkles into batter.
1. Pour batter onto griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup batter for each pancake. Once bubbles form on top of pancake, flip and cook until browned. Serve with vanilla sugar glaze and additional sprinkles.
For Vanilla Sugar GlazeStir together sugar, milk vanilla and vanilla until glaze forms. Scrape inside of vanilla bean into glaze and stir to combine.

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