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History
The Dutch baby was reportedly invented at Manca's Cafe in Seattle around 1920 by Victor Manca, who renamed the Bavarian Pfannkuchen on his menu in honour of his small daughter who could not pronounce Deutsch. Manca's closed in the 1950s but the recipe survived because Sunset magazine published it in 1942 and again in 1972. Tilikum Place Cafe in Belltown anchored the dish back in Seattle's brunch repertoire in the late 2000s: a cast-iron skillet pre-heats in the oven, melted clarified butter goes in, then a thin batter, then 15 minutes at 230 degrees Celsius.
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Common allergens: Dairy, Gluten, Egg
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 120ml whole milk
- 70g plain flour
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of sea salt
- 30g unsalted butter, clarified
- 1 lemon, cut into wedges
- Icing sugar to dust
- Maple syrup to serve
Method
- Heat the oven to 230 C with a 25cm cast-iron skillet inside the oven on the middle rack.
- In a blender, combine eggs, milk, flour, sugar, vanilla and salt. Blend 30 seconds until perfectly smooth, scrape the sides, blend 10 more seconds.
- Pull the hot skillet from the oven with thick gloves. Drop in the clarified butter and swirl up the sides.
- Pour the batter into the centre of the pan in one go. Slide the pan back into the oven.
- Bake 14 to 16 minutes. The pancake should climb the sides of the pan and turn deep golden brown. Do not open the oven.
- Lift the pancake to a warm plate. Squeeze lemon over the top, dust with icing sugar, pour maple at the table.
Tip from the editors. If the pancake fails to climb the pan, the oven is not hot enough or the batter was cold from the fridge. Both must be aggressive: hot pan, room-temperature batter, fast pour.
Where to eat dutch baby pancake
Dutch baby pancake in Seattle
Tilikum Place Cafe ★ 4.6
Tilikum Place Cafe in Seattle's Belltown is the historic brick brunch room with 12 tables and Ba Culbert's Dutch baby: a 15-minute cast-iron oven pancake.
OrderThe classic Dutch baby with lemon, powdered sugar and maple syrup
Cafe Campagne ★ 4.4
Cafe Campagne in Seattle's Pike Place runs the city's most enduring French brunch since 1994: croque madame, oeufs en cocotte, Lyonnaise salad.
OrderCroque madame with Sancerre by the glass
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