This delicious Finnish Pannukakku is a quick and easy breakfast or brunch dish! Flavoured with lemon zest and topped with blueberries. It’s can also be served with a delicious maple syrup and wild blueberry sauce.
Why you’ll love this authentic Pannukakku recipe
There are a lot of reasons to love this Finnish Pannukakku. The basic egg/flour/milk batter mixes up in 5 minutes, then it goes into a hot oven for 20-25 minutes. Then it’s ready to enjoy.
Pannukakku is all at once fruity and custardy, with a touch of lemon and sweetness and then that delicious maple and blueberry sauce. I can tell you that it’s more dense than a Dutch baby (at least the Dutch baby recipe I use) – more like a set custard. It’s every bit as special though and definitely worth trying.
Cook’s Notes
You can adjust this recipe down to make a smaller dish to serve fewer people. The recipe is conveniently easy to calculate down by quarters. I used 3/4 of the recipe for my 8×10-inch pan shown here. Halve the recipe for an 8×8-inch pan.
I would use a fuller fat milk if you can. Whole (3.5%) would be best, but I used 2% and it was fine.
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Ingredients
Maple Blueberry Sauce:
- 1/2 cup (111 ml) blueberries, fresh or frozen
- 1/4 cup (0.02 ml) maple syrup
- 1 cup (244 ml) milk, (recommend 2-3.5%)
- 4 (4) eggs
- 1/2 tsp (2.46 ml) vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tsp (7.39 ml) lemon zest
- 1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp (2.46 g) salt
- 1/4 cup (50 g) white sugar
- 1/4 cup (56.75 g) melted butter
- 1/4 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen
For serving:
- Icing/confectioners' sugar for dusting
- Additional lemon zest for garnish
Instructions
- Take 1/2 cup of the blueberries and place in a small bowl with the 1/4 cup of maple syrup. Stir to combine, then set aside.
- Place your metal oven-safe baking dish onto the middle rack of your oven and preheat the oven to 425° F.
- While oven and pan is preheating, mix your batter in a medium bowl by combining the milk, eggs, vanilla, lemon zest, flour, salt and sugar. Whisk very well until no lumps remain. Set aside. Melt the butter and have ready.
- When the oven is preheated, remove the pan from the oven and immediately pour in the melted butter. Quickly brush up the sides of the pans, then pour in the prepared batter. Top with the 1/4 cup of blueberries.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, or until set, very puffy and deep golden brown on the top edges. *Note to check it at about 15 minutes. Mine was very brown on top, so I place a sheet of foil loosely overtop to prevent further browning and then let it cook a few more minutes, until set.
- Remove from oven. Pancake will deflate. Once deflated and while still warm, cut into squares and remove to serving plates. Garnish with icing sugar and additional lemon zest. Pass the blueberry maple syrup sauce for spooning on top. *You can serve the sauce at room temperature or warm it slightly.
Notes
Hi! I’m Jennifer, a home cook schooled by trial and error and almost 40 years of getting dinner on the table! I love to share my favourite recipes, both old and new, together with lots of tips and tricks to hopefully help make your home cooking enjoyable, stress free, rewarding and of course, delicious!
Another hit! Follow directions for a no-fail receipe.
We were missing one or two ingredients for supper receipes set aside but not for this one. Made it in a 9 x 13 pan and watched it rise … and rise … and rise! It made four generous portions and was delicious!
Would have liked it to maintain its height so I could have taken a photo to send to my sister. She bragged about the Dutch baby receipes she made. Don’t think hers would have been as yummy looking!
So glad! Mine rose quite impressively, too and we all watched it deflate. I really enjoyed this. A nice change from a Dutch baby.
What a dreamy breakfast, the blueberry topping is so pretty!
Thanks so much, Laura :)
This looks perfect from my better half’s birthday this Saturday. Great way to start the day. I make my own maple syrup so, yes I’ll be using that.
It would be perfect, Joe! And even better with your own maple syrup :) Enjoy!
What a cozy breakfast!
Thanks Jennifer :)
I’ve never heard of or had pannukakku, but holy moly it looks DELISH! Obviously I missed this before Valentine’s Day, but that’s not going to stop me from making this beauty! This is perfect for any Sunday brunch… or mid week because I’m totally already craving this for dinner! Loving the custard and blueberries up in here. Drool-fest! Pinned! Cheers, Jennifer!
Thanks so much, Cheyanne :)
This looks fantastic, and really so incredibly easy. If only I’d seen it yesterday when we had an impromptu breakfast at home! Oh well, there’s always next weekend :)
Thanks Rebeccah and absolutely. Perfect for any weekend :)
I love the name of this recipe! And it looks so delicious! And I always like the simple flour/egg/milk recipe for pancakes which how we used to make pancakes growing up in Germany.
Thanks Linda :) We really enjoyed it!
I’ve been into Scandinavian food and cooking lately, thanks for the share of this
yummy looking recipe!
Thanks! I love trying different foods too, and this one didn’t disappoint :)
I had never heard of pannukakku before but it sure looks delicious and your pictures are beautiful! Love the combo blueberry/lemon :)
Thanks so much, Marie. I had never heard of it either, but will definitely be making it again! :)
Lemon and blueberry are perfect together but made into this gorgeous pancake is nothing short of breakfast perfection! Sharing and loving on this recipe!
Thanks Tricia. Loved this one!
Sounds wonderful Jennifer! I have always loved a blueberry/lemon combo. Perfect warm breakfast for any day!
Thanks Mary Ann :)
Wonderful, this is definitely I will have to make. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Amy :)
So easy! And it looks so warming for this freezing cold weekend. Definitely trying!
Thanks Katrina and it is so easy. Great for any weekend breakfast!
This gorgeous pancake looks perfect for the V Day!! I love lemon and blueberry combination, throw in some maple syrup and it’s a definite winner. I miss LCBO magazines, I always grab a copy whenever we visit my in-laws in Ontario! ;-)
Thanks Julia and yes, the LCBO magazines continue to be great!
Greetings from Finland! Pannukakku is very good and super easy to make. Have a lovely Valentine’s Day (in Finnish: Hyvää ystävänpäivää)!
It was delicious Huli! We will definitely make it again. P.S. I love your dog – from photos you share on instagram :)