Breakfast Skillet Cake

Jim's Breakfast Skillet Cake.
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These can be mixed and put in Zip-Loc bags before you leave then all you need is water to make them up. They are sort of kicked up hotcakes that don't need syrup.

The recipe is a rather flexible thing which you can adjust, tweak to your taste or change to accommodate what you have at hand.

I use Krusteaz brand complete pancake and waffle mix but any brand will do as long as it doesn't need oil, milk or eggs to make. You want the kind that needs only water. The basic recipe for one cake the size to fit a 5 or 6 inch non-stick skillet. If you try to use anything other than Teflon, Greystone or other non-stick surface, you will be scraping it off the bottom with a spoon.

The basic recipe for each cyclist-size serving, you need:

1/2 Cup mix
1/4 Cup sugar
Handful of raisins
Dash of cinnamon

Now at this point you can tweak to your own taste with perhaps cloves, nutmeg or other seasoning. Some crushed nuts or even a handful of trail mix goes well. So does crumbled bacon or sausage.

It will take about 1/3 cup of water to make one recipe of this size. Just remember that you can add water to make it thinner but you can't get it out if you add too much. I like to mix it right in the bag. Pour in the water, close the bag and knead it to mix. This leaves nothing to wash, just dispose of the bag.

Pre-heat the skillet and keep the flame low so you don't burn it. You might have to hold the pan a few inches above the flame because you are actually baking the cake instead of frying it. It's ready to turn when browned on the bottom, the edges are dry looking and bubbles are coming to the top.

Now here comes the tricky part, getting it turned over without folding or dropping it on the stove. Lift an edge with your fork and slide it onto your plate. You can work it all the way onto the plate then place the skillet over it and turn it over to get the cake back into the pan to cook the other side. Cook slowly so it gets done all the way through. It will take about 5 minutes.

Submitted by Jim Foreman

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