It's pancake day!

Today is Shrove Tuesday so it seems only right that my miniature family should be treated to some pancakes.

Lemon and sugar, anyone?

Earlier in the year we visited the Inn on the Lake dollshouse show in Gravesend where I picked up this incredibly detailed board containing a selection of 'freshly made' pancakes.

The woman selling them was so enthusiastic it would have been hard to leave them behind. The only difficult part was choosing which board to have as they were all different.

Take your pick! All individually handcrafted and all slightly different.

In case you're wondering about the scale, you can see my massive thumb in the picture below. I love that you can pick up each individual pancake and 'serve' them. Now, where did I put the lemons?

Giant thumb alert! 
Happy pancake day, everyone! 

Comments

  1. Unknown4 March 2014 at 14:24

    Wonderful! They look so yummy.

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  2. Mini Addictions4 March 2014 at 21:00

    These look great! They remind me of my German grandmothers lemon pancakes. Good choice ;-)

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  3. The Happy Whisk12 March 2014 at 16:51

    We celebrated Pancake Day here as well. With a nice big stack of homemade pancakes, eggs, bacon and potatoes. Up next for celebration is Waffle Day. We have those a lot as well. So yummy.

    Cheers and boogie boogie.

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