Lemon Pancakes
Gemma Stafford · biggerbolderbaking.com · 2026 · 8 pancakes
Against 802 pancake recipes
More salt than 85% of recipes and less sugar than 79%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 802 pancake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More salt than 85% of recipes: 2.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.9%, about 2.5 times as much.
- Less sugar than 79% of recipes: 8.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 16%, about half as much.
Ingredients (12)
- 2 cups (10 oz/284 g) all-purpose flour284 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
- 2 large eggs (, at room temperature)≈ 100 g
- 2 cups (16 fl oz/480 ml) buttermilk≈ 488 g
- ¼ cup (2 oz/57 g) butter (, melted)57 g
- ¼ cup (2 fl oz/60 ml) freshly squeezed lemon juice≈ 59 g
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest≈ 6 g
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar≈ 25 g
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract≈ 8 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Maple syrup, fresh berries and lemon wedges, (, for serving)n/a
flour 284 gbatter 1049 g
≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.
Baker's percentages
Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 802 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Liquid172% · 59th percentile · median 159%
- Egg35% · 28th percentile · median 40%
- Sugar8.8% · 20th percentile · median 16%
- Fat20% · 61st percentile · median 16%
- Leavening5.4% · 50th percentile · median 5.4%
- Salt2.1% · 87th percentile · median 0.9%
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