Fluffy buttermilk pancakes made with corn flour and all-purpose flour, and loaded with blackberries for a special breakfast. They're sweetened with honey and a little apple sauce.
These pancakes are fluffy from a little baking powder and whipped egg whites.
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Who doesn't love pancakes? Seriously, anyone? I don't have them often, but when I do, they need to be special. Like these pancakes I made for Mother's Day years ago.
🧅 Main Ingredients + Notes
For the all of the ingredients, measurements and directions, go to the Recipe Card at the bottom of this post.
- Corn flour - or fine corn meal if you want a little coarser texture.
- All purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Buttermilk
- Honey
- Applesauce
- Egg
- Blackberries - fresh is best, but you can use frozen, if that's what you have on hand. But do not thaw the frozen berries before mixing them into the batter.
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🔪 Recommended Equipment
- Whisk
- Medium bowl
- Hand mixer
- Rubber spatula
- Griddle or large skillet
📝 Instructions Overview
Detailed instructions for making these corn meal pancakes are in the recipe card below, but here's a quick overview!
Step 1
Whisk. Whisk together the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, honey, apple sauce, and olive oil.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet, and whisk only until you have a smooth batter.
Step 2
Separate the egg. Separate the egg and whisk the yolk into the batter. Using a hand mixer, whip the egg whites to soft peaks. Fold the whipped egg whites into the batter.
Step 3
Make pancakes. Ladle batter onto a griddle or large skillet, and drop berries into the poured pancakes. Flip when ready, and continue to cook.
Serve warm with butter and maple syrup.
👩🍳 Preparation Tips
If you don't care about the pancakes being fluffy, just whisk the entire egg into the batter without separating the whites and the yolk.
I like to add the berries at the end, directly into the poured pancakes. This way, I can make sure they're evenly distributed, and no one feels someone else got more berries, lol. If you use frozen berries, always add the fruit this way.
As a note, I love to drink tea with my pancakes. The cup of tea in the photo is for the photo to make it obvious that it's a cup of tea. The tea I often make, however, is this ginger lemon honey tea.
Blackberry Cornmeal Pancakes
Ingredients
- ¾ cup (3.375 ounces) corn flour or fine corn meal for a little coarser texture
- ½ cup (2.25 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons apple sauce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- zest from 1 lemon
- 1 large egg
- pinch salt
- ¾ cup blackberries
- butter
- maple syrup
Instructions
- Whisk together the flours, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, honey, apple sauce, olive oil and lemon zest into a smooth batter.
- Break the egg into a small bowl, keeping the yolk intact. Carefully separate the yolk from the whites, and add the yolk to the batter. Pour the egg white into a small bowl suitable for using with a hand mixer.Whisk the egg yolk into the batter.Make sure there is no yolk in the egg whites, as it prevents the whites from whipping up.
- Add a pinch of salt to the egg whites, and whip on high speed until the whites form soft peaks. Fold the whipped whites into the batter with a rubber spatula. You will have some small chunks of whipped egg whites in the batter when you're done.
- Heat a griddle over medium low heat and slick the surface with a little butter. Using a ¼ cup measuring cup, pour the batter onto the griddle. Drop berries into each pool of batter on the grill. Cook for five minutes, or until the edges of the pancakes begin to firm up. Small air bubbles will form on the surfaces. Flip with a metal spatula, and cook for another 3 minutes.
- Serve warm with butter and maple syrup.
CCU
A brilliant recipe idea for Mother's Day brunch my friend 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Hezzi-D
I've never had pancakes made with cornflour but I love the golden color they get. Plus I love any pancake with berries!
sunithi
So yummy ! Love that you used chia seeds 🙂 !! These are GF too ! Great ! I must try them since I am trying GF ! Love your new layout Susan !!
Liz
Fantastic pancakes, Susan. Yup, I'd do these for dinner in an instant 🙂
Lane @ Supper for a Steal
My mother in law makes cornbread pancakes all the time! Never with fruit though. I need to get her to sneak in some blueberries or blackberries 🙂
Kanak Hagjer
The pancakes look so tempting!! Such wonderful memories of your mom...loved reading about breakfast for dinner!
Jennifer @ Peanut Butter and Peppers
I love the idea of corn flour in pancakes! This is one I must try! I love pancakes!!
Katy
What a lovely memory! Breakfast for dinner always feels like a treat 🙂 Great twist on a pancake recipe!
Cindys Recipes
Very different!
Paula @ Vintage Kitchen
I think the list of ingredients is healthier and more of a proper meal than most of the things I make for myself any given night! Really, what is wrong with this dinner? After all, bacon is meat, right? Happy Sunday!
Susan
What a great story and memory of time with your mom! I bet she'd love these pancakes too.
lizthechef
Susan, I remember connecting with you over a food52 Mother's Day post when I sent in my Mom's mango chutney. You were so sweet in your comments - remembering that and our mothers today. Thanks - X0
apuginthekitchen
Oh my!!! The pancakes are amazing, I love them. I never would have thought to make cornmeal pancakes and with blueberries, wow!!! Happy Mothers Day.
Laura Dembowski
I love pancakes for dinner! And blackberries is such a great addition!
Tara
I bet those are so flavorful, never had pancakes with cornflour before, thank you so much for sharing!!
Sarah Reid, CNP (@jo_jo_ba)
I haven't had corn pancakes since my college days, they are SO yummy
Christina
I love breakfast for dinner! We usually have pancakes for dinner on Pancake Tuesday (aka Shrove Tuesday, aka Fat Tuesday etc.).
Viviane Bauquet Farre- Food and Style
These look unbelievably good!
Norma Chang
Never thought of adding blackberries to pancakes, great idea. Thanks for sharing those lovely memories with your mother.
Soni
Your pancakes look absolutely gorgeous Susan!I love the blackberries in there and the chia seeds!Never used cornflour in pancakes before but it looks like a great idea and I cannot wait to try 🙂
Nancy @ gottagetbaked
Oh my goodness, Susan, what incredible memories you have attached to pancakes! Pancakes for dinner is already special in my mind but add to it the fact that it would be the conspiratorial meal between your mom and yourself when your dad was out of town...that's priceless! Your pancakes look delicious and I hope you enjoyed every single bite in honour of your mom.
Lori @ Foxes Love Lemons
Pancakes for dinner is the perfect meal! Yours are beautiful!
Sarah | Curious Cuisiniere
Breakfast for dinner was a special treat in our house growing up too. I love the idea of cornmeal pancakes. They look delicious topped with those berries!
Family Foodie
What a great recipe! I've never tried pancakes with cornbread but these look amazing!
Dorothy at ShockinglyDelicious
That looks luscious! I am currently enamored of blackberries and chia, so this has my name on it. Great recipe for #SundaySupper!
TasteFood
I'll take these for dinner any day! Great photo!
Terra
Hmmmm.....corn cakes, my favorite!!!! I love that you complimented them with blackberries, they sound wonderful! Hugs, Terra
Katie
I have been dying to try a cornbread style pancake - and I love the idea of pairing them with blackberries - YUM!
Renee
What wonderful memories you have with you mom and the special breakfast for dinner. Lovely tribute too.
mjskit
Growing up, having breakfast for Sunday supper was just the norm. I really need to do it more often. I can definitely see having these delicious pancakes for supper, brunch or love for that matter. Great pancakes!
Francesco
Mi sembra buona!!! Voglio provarli un giorno! Spero che tutto vada bene per te! Come va il tuo italiano? Vai alla festa la settimana prossima?
ciao,
francesco
The Wimpy Vegetarian
Ciao Francesco! Vorrei poter andare, ma sarò a Tahoe, invece. Sto avendo di andarci molto in questo momento con la ristrutturazione. Stavo per fare farinata 🙂 .... così bello sentire da tu! Sarebbe stato fantastico da visitare. La prossima volta - ti prometto!
sippitysup
Maybe I'm weird. Ok. I know I'm weird. Nonetheless I consider pancakes for fathers day and waffles for mothers day. That's because whenever we had waffles as a kid my dad made them and the only day of the year my father cooked was mothers day! GREG