Pancakes over time
714 of the 802 recipes carry a publication date, from 2001 to 2026. Below: how many pages each year, whether the typical batch changed between the oldest and newest, and the oldest and newest pages themselves.
A date here is the one the page gives for itself: when it was published, or last updated. Sites often refresh an old recipe and its date together, so read these as when the pages went up, not when the recipes were created.
Recipes per year
Dated pages by the year they give. The first bar gathers the 3 pages from before 2007. Shading marks the periods compared below.
How the typical batch changed
Between pancake pages dated before 2018 and those dated 2024 or later, the median fat rose from 12% to 18% of the flour weight. Liquid, egg, sugar, leavening and salt show no clear change.
| Per 100 g flour | Before 2018180 recipes | 2018 to 2021205 recipes | 2022 to 2023136 recipes | 2024 and later193 recipes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LiquidNo clear change | 160% | 163% | 156% | 163% |
| EggNo clear change | 40% | 40% | 40% | 40% |
| SugarNo clear change | 15% | 16% | 19% | 15% |
| FatHigher | 12% | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| LeaveningNo clear change | 5% | 5.4% | 5.6% | 5.4% |
| SaltNo clear change | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1% | 1.1% |
Each cell is the median baker's percentage in that period: grams of the ingredient per 100 g of flour. Higher and lower compare the newest period with the oldest, only where the change is clear (see how below). Periods are cut at year boundaries so each holds about the same number of recipes.
Ingredients that gained or lost ground
Share of each period's recipes that list the ingredient. Only changes between the oldest and newest periods too large to be likely chance are listed.
| Recipes using | Before 2018 | 2018 to 2021 | 2022 to 2023 | 2024 and later |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VanillaMore common | 43% | 53% | 58% | 62% |
| ButterMore common | 42% | 61% | 55% | 60% |
Oldest and newest pages
Oldest dates
Nov 15, 2001
Pancakes aux mangues · bettybossi.chNov 15, 2001
Pancakes mit Mangos · bettybossi.chMay 23, 2006
Buttermilch-Pancakes · oetker.deApr 2, 2007
Pancake · cuisineaz.comJun 13, 2007
Panquecas · tudogostoso.com.br
Newest dates
Sep 21, 2026
Sausage in Pancakes · plainchicken.comSep 20, 2026
Cottage Cheese Pancakes · loveandlemons.comSep 14, 2026
Apple Cider Pancakes · iambaker.netSep 4, 2026
Pancakes moelleux et faciles · mapatisserie.frAug 22, 2026
Pumpkin Pancakes Recipe · joyfoodsunshine.com
How the dates are read
Each date is the publication date in the recipe page's own structured data. 62 of the 802 recipes have none, or one without a year (such as “December 3”), and are left out.
26 more carry a date their site gave to many pages at once, which marks a site move or redesign rather than a publication: 2018-01-01 on tasteofhome.com (222 pages across Recipe Lab, 8 of them here), 2025-06-23 on cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr (5 pages across Recipe Lab, 5 of them here) and 2018-10-08 on bakerbettie.com (46 pages across Recipe Lab, 2 of them here), and 7 more like it. They are left out too.
A change counts as clear when the newest period's median differs from the oldest period's by at least a tenth and a rank test puts the gap at 2.5 standard errors or more. For the share of recipes using an ingredient, the bar is 3 standard errors and 8 percentage points. Every ingredient is tested, so a lower bar would flag chance differences on most pages.
2026 is still in progress, so its bar is short for a reason that has nothing to do with baking.