“Pancake Sheet Cake” is not a typo. This Good and Good for You™ Pancake Sheet Cake is a brilliant mash-up of a pancake and a sheet cake.
Baked sheet pan pancakes came on the scene a few years ago. Instead of individual pancakes cooked on a griddle, it’s a large pancake baked in a rimmed sheet pan. Sheet pan pancakes are an absolute genius breakfast or brunch hack for feeding a crowd.
This Pancake Sheet Cake takes it a step further.
It’s fluffier and more substantial. The batter is thicker due to the inclusion of creamy, protein-rich skyr or yogurt (instead of buttermilk) resulting in a baked good that’s more like a quick bread or sheet cake than a pancake. It’s a Pancake Sheet Cake!
This issue also shares
- The Best Life Living Tip: Put the Holiday Blues to Bed 😴
- The Self-Care Technique: You Need Some Time in the Alone Zone⏳
- Ideas and Inspiration: Shining Bright in the Darkness 🌅
Read on for more — including this fantastic recipe for Pancake Sheet Cake. Fragrant with orange zest and vanilla, it’s *just* sweet enough, perfect for topping with real maple syrup.
Ease up on some of the holiday stress and let this Pancake Sheet Cake be your go-to for busy holiday weekends with friends and family in town.
Best Life Living Tip
Holiday blues are feelings of sadness, loneliness, or other negative emotions that can occur during or after the holidays. As a past sufferer, I know I am not alone. They can be caused by many factors, including:
- Unrealistic expectations
- Financial stress
- Changes in routine or diet
- Not being able to be with loved ones
- Sentimental memories
One of the best life-living tips to combat the holiday blues is to get plenty of sleep. (Actual sleep, not lying in the bed depressed.)
When it comes to feeling our best emotionally and mentally, rest plays a critical role. It is the very function that aids in the repair and restoration of our minds and bodies.
Some tips to improve sleep include:
- Setting an alarm to start your wind-down
- Journaling before bed
- Drinking herbal tea (Honey Lavender Stress Relief is part of my nightly routine)
- Skipping afternoon naps
- Maintaining a consistent wake and sleep schedule
Self-Care Technique
The holidays are often a whirlwind of events, commitments, and running around, causing stress. It can take its toll. Self-care is taking actions to preserve or improve your health and well-being, especially during periods of stress.
The Calm App blog offers Tips for Holiday Self Care including the standard offerings — eating right, exercising, and getting proper sleep. However, the one that stands out for me the most is to take some time for yourself.
Block out time in your schedule for solo activities that rejuvenate you. Try a quiet afternoon with a book, pull out the art supplies or a simple coloring book, or sit down with a puzzle. Sometimes this means saying no to a holiday social engagement to make time for yourself, and that is 100% okay.
You need some time in the ALONE ZONE.
Often when we don’t schedule time for us it’s because we’re making time for everyone else. Put you on your calendar.
You can do it!
IDEAS AND INSPIRATION
Faith Broussard Cade shares content about mental health and her healing journey to inspire women to prioritize peace, boundaries, and emotional well-being in their lives and relationships.
She started posting daily handwritten “love notes” on her account @fleurdelisspeaks. What started as a 15-day self-love challenge as she recovered from a traumatic brain injury has grown into an uplifting community supporting mental health, wellness, and love.
She states her goal is to “challenge the toxic “hustle mindset” and culture of lack-of-boundaries for the modern woman so that they can live peaceful lives enriched with knowledge that individual healing leads to collective healing.”
Sign me up, sisterwoman.
Check out her new book, Shine Bright Anyway:
In the News
Overwhelmed with gratitude! Check out my interview on City Lights with Lois Reitzes on WABE, Atlanta’s home for NPR. Y’all I have been interviewed on TV and radio more times than I can count and this goes down as one of the absolute biggest ones in my career.
You can listen to the segment HERE.
Point it Out
Each serving of the Pancake Sheetcake comes in at 150 calories and 9 grams of protein per serving. ( A regular pancake has about 2!)
I love using Tapatree Maple syrup — it’s so good. You could get fancy and make a maple glaze or frosting, but that approach starts revving up the stress. Keep it simple with really good artisan maple syrup.
Thanks so much for reading. Please give me a follow on IG @virginiawillis for more best life tips, self-care techniques, ideas and inspiration, and healthy recipes.
As long as you’re doing what’s Good and Good for You™ more often than not, you’re on the right track. 🙌🏻
Bon Appétit Y’all!
Virginia Willis
Pancake Sheet Cake
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter melted, divided
- Zest and juice of 1 clementine or small orange
- 2 3/4 cup white whole wheat pastry flour
- 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 24- ounce container plain 0% skyr or yogurt 3 cups
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 cup honey plus more for serving
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Maple syrup for serving
- Pomegranate arils for serving
- Clementine halves for garnish
- Mint for garnish
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350°F. Brush an 18-by-13-inch rimmed baking sheet with one tablespoon of the melted butter.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add the skyr. Add the water to the empty container and swish to clean and remove any lingering yogurt. Add milky water to the bowl. Add the eggs, honey, remaining 3 tablespoons melted butter, orange juice and zest, and vanilla. Stir to combine with a rubber spatula. (The batter will be thick.)
- Spoon into the prepared sheet pan. Smooth the top with the spatula. Transfer to the oven and bake until golden brown and slightly dark at the edges, 20 to 22 minutes.
- Once the Pancake Sheetcake has cooked, remove the pan from the oven and transfer it to a rack to cool slightly. Using a serrated knife, slice the pancake into 16 pieces. Transfer to a platter and garnish with pomegranate arils, clementines, and mint. Keep warm until ready to serve with maple syrup.
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