SofaQueen - Sainsbo's have started selling a Dr Oetker Double Action Baking Powder. In fact its the only one they sell online now.
We have friends round for tea so the DC will all have a go at making their own for pudding. Some with honey, some with lemon and sugar and some with nutella.
A few times a year, we have sultana buttermilk pancakes, which are like the US ones. They are gorgeous and the accompanying lemon butter divine.
Here's the recipe, which I got from Sainsbo's mag last year.
sultana buttermilk pancakes
serves 4
225g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
generous pinch ground cinnamon
2 tbspn caster sugar
1 x 284ml carton buttermilk
2 large eggs
40g sultanas
butter and oil for frying
optional maple syrup for drizzling
for the lemon butter
75g soft butter
zest 1 lemon
1 tbspn soft brown sugar
Sieve flour and baking powder into large mixing bowl and stir in cinnamon,sugar and a pinch of salt. Make a well in the middle. Lightly beat buttermilk and eggs in a jug, pour into the well, then whisk using a ballooon whisk into flour until smooth. Stir sultanas in.
For lemon butter, beat ingredients together in a bowl.
Heat a tablespoon of oil and small knob of butter in a large frying pan. When sizzling, add 1 tablespoon batter for each pancake. Cook 5 or 6 at a time, spaced apart as they expand a little as they cook. As soon as bubbles appear on the surface, flip and cook the other side cooking for 4-5 mins in total. Continue to cook in batches adding more oil/butter as necessary.
Pile em high and drizzle with syrup and blobs of lemon butter.