Eggless pancakes and Cajun-Style Eggless Pancakes

I was served eggless pancakes with golden syrup for Mothers' Day!

My daughter Radha is very fond of pancakes: she used to sometimes make them as a snack when she got home from school or for weekend breakfasts and has definitely perfected the art. In fact, I would say she is The Princess of Pancakes- in our house, anyway. She likes to make them thick, with sugar and spice in the mixture so you don't need to add anything afterwards. Here's the basic recipe:

1 cup self-raising flour
1 cup milk
1 tab icing sugar
2 tsps mixed spice
1tab melted butter

• In a bowl, mix flour, milk, melted butter, spice and sugar.
• Beat thoroughly with a balloon whisk until bubbles start to appear.
• Fry the mixture in a buttered/ oiled nonstick frying pan over medium heat, turning/ flipping halfway through.

Radha will have them with a little golden syrup on top, but this isn't really necessary. I suspect they would be brilliant served with something like fresh blueberries and a dollop of creme fraiche or Greek yoghurt.

Cajun- Style Pancakes
 The Princess of Pancakes has been at it again! Bored during the holidays, she decided to make lunch one day as we jaded adults could not decide what to cook. She came up with a really yummy dish, which was all gobbled up way too quickly to get pictures, I'm afraid.
She made savoury pancakes wrapped round a filling of sauteed vegetable sticks mixed with grated Cheddar cheese, but it was the spicing in the batter which really made it. Eventually, I managed to prise her "secret" blend out of her to share here:
Salt, black pepper, hing, mild chilli powder (the kind for Mexican chillis, with cumin in), paprika, Chinese 5-spice (a blend heavy on the allspice), dried oregano and dried basil. A couple of days later I was in a shop looking at Cajun spice blends, and found one almost identical to my daughter's, only it contained garlic powder and no basil.
To make the pancakes, simply follow my daughter's basic recipe, above, omitting the sugar and mixed spice, and add generous amounts of the above herbs and spices. To make handling easier and avoid breaking up the pancakes once cooked, wrap the filling while the pancake is still in the pan. Happy snacking!