Milkmade Ice Cream

What, you ask, does this have to do with pancakes? Well, let me tell you. While watching the Cooking Channel tonight, the Foodography show on ice cream profiled a company called Milkmade Ice Cream.

MILKMADE
193 East 4th Street
Suite 6F
New York, NY 10009

Homemade. Hand delivered. Ice Cream.

They have a maple ice cream with chunks of pancake in it!

The Full Stack
sweet grade a dark maple ice cream with bits of homemade spiced-walnut pancakes

About this time of year all I can think about is snowboarding. With every good boarding trip comes is the obligatory stop at a diner, where I get a full stack of pancakes with plenty of real maple syrup. Here we have the second in our Ice Cream for Breakfast line, The Full Stack. It’s maple ice cream, with chunks of homemade spiced-walnut pancakes.

I say this is a "must try"!

Almond Joy Pancakes

Real Food Cafe
2419 Eastern Ave. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49507
(616) 241-4080

Chocolate chips, shaved coconut and slivered almonds. And OMG...it tastes like a candy bar baked in the pancake. If you like sweet, get a short stack, which is 2 pancakes as big as the plate. If you can only handle so much sweet, get 1 and share it. It is definitely a must try pancake!

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

The Electric Cheetah
1015 Wealthy St
Grand Rapids, MI
(616) 451-4779

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

Two, small, light creamy pancakes made with ricotta cheese and lemon topped with vanilla cream and organize maple syrup $4

To say these pancakes are small is an understatement. Even with the description of "small", these are more like crepes than pancakes. These were very thin on top of being small. Not every portion needs to be big but the diameter was about 5" and crepe thin. In my opinion, not worth the $4 until they learn to use self rising flour. Check out the brunch menu and pick something else.

Momma's Pancake Breakfast®

Cracker Barrel

Three Buttermilk Pancakes and Two Eggs* cooked to order
~with your choice of either~
Any Fruit Topping or 100 % Pure Natural Syrup
~and~
Choice of Smoked Sausage Patties, Turkey Sausage Patties or Thick-Sliced Bacon



Buttermilk Pancakes with Fruit Toppings

Golden Delicious Apples
Marion Blackberry
Sweet Peach
Montmorency Cherry

I've tried all the toppings. The blackberry was the best, however, I would suggest getting the fruit topping on the side. It soaks into the pancakes quickly and gets super soggy.

Yeah, I know it's a chain restaurant but it is still good. So far the best Cracker Barrel pancakes have been at the Cracker Barrel in Brighton, MI. Nice and crispy. Good sign of butter being present. I can feel my arteries clogging as I write...