Here are some of Darina Allen's favourite pancake recipes

Pancake Tuesday is just 10 days away. I love, love, love pancakes, bit fat juicy ones, thin crispy lacy ones, teeny weeny pikelets, soft spongy crumpets, blousey Dutch babies…

Pancake batter is totally magical, you can make a million variations by just changing the proportions of egg and flour to liquid.

Half milk and water will give you a lacier crepe, less liquid will result in a thickish pancake. Use buttermilk instead and you can turn out a stack of fluffy American pancakes.