What can I make with this basic batter recipe?
Make this basic batter with just a few store cupboard ingredients and in three simple steps. This basic batter recipe can be used in several sweet and savory dishes, from pancakes and fritters to Yorkshire pudding and toad-in-the-hole. We’ve tried and tested this recipe to guarantee a smooth, lump-free batter every time.
How do you make a simple cake batter?
To make this simple batter recipe, start by sifting the flour into a large mixing bowl and make a well in the center. Drop the egg into the well and beat with a balloon whisk, gradually drawing some of the flour into the mixture. Slowly pour in the milk, whisking all the time, and continuing to draw in the flour until you have a smooth batter.
What do you do if the batter is too thick?
If after standing, the batter has thickened too much add a splash of milk to thin it down. To achieve a smooth, lump-free mixture, it’s essential to slowly draw the flour into the liquid – if you beat everything together in one go, some of the flour will remain in tiny lumps suspended in the mix.
French Toast
Sliced bananas, fresh blueberries & strawberries scattered atop homemade banana bread & dusted with powdered sugar
3-Egg Omelets
All omelets are served with two sides. Sides: Country potatoes, hash browns, biscuits & gravy, cottage cheese, mixed fresh fruit, toast, or one pancake (old fashion or whole grain blue cornmeal). We can make any omelet into a scramble. Homemade salsa is available. Substitute egg whites +1.49
Egg Dishes
Sides: Country potatoes, hash browns, biscuits & gravy, cottage cheese, mixed fresh fruit, toast, or one pancake (old fashion or whole grain blue cornmeal).
Lighter Meals
Choose 1 old fashion or whole grain blue cornmeal buttermilk pancake, one egg (any style) two bacon or two sausage
Beverages
We proudly serve Lanna® coffee at batter up pancakes. Lanna coffee enables hill tribe villagers to grow coffee, escape poverty and live sustainably with each cup brewed (read more about them here Lannacoffeeco.com)
Serving Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner for over 40 Years
View our sample menus for The Mad Batter Restaurant and Bar, our award winning restaurant in Cape May, NJ. Located inside the Carroll Villa Hotel, a national landmark welcoming guests since 1882, our Cape May hotel guests enjoy breakfast vouchers and 30% off dinner entrees with their stay.
LUNCH
Mad Batter Clam Chowder our very own special soup, a rich blend of chopped clams, onions, bacon, heavy cream broth, touch of saffron. $7.50
Vegan Options
BLT Breakfast Sandwich bagel with tempeh bacon or vegan sausage, lettuce, tomato, red onion and vegan cream cheese. Served with fresh fruit. $15
Libations
THE ORIGINAL MANMOSA - $14 Skyy Orange Vodka, Allagash White Wheat Beer, Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice, Champagne 23oz Pilsner Glass - Limit 2
YardBird Bite Salad
Your choice of fried or grilled chicken bites piled high on top of a bed of iceberg lettuce mixed with shredded red cabbage and carrots. Topped with tomatoes, cucumbers, eggs, cheese, pickles and sliced purple onions. 9.89
House Salad
Bed of iceberg lettuce mixed with shredded red cabbage and carrots. Topped with tomatoes, cucumbers, eggs, cheese, pickles, and sliced purple onion. 7.99
Shrimp Po Boy
A Must Have! Lightly Cajun dusted fried shrimp on a butter-basted French hoagie roll. This “boy” is topped with shredded lettuce, sliced tomato, purple onion and drizzled with a Remoulade sauce. 10.99
YardBird Bite Wrap
Tender, all white meat chicken bites, fried or grilled. Wrapped in a flour tortilla with lettuce, tomato, bacon and shredded cheddar/jack cheese. Served with our housemade ranch or honey mustard dressing. 9.99
Chicken, Bacon & Cheddar Panini
Grilled chicken breast, crispy bacon and cheddar cheese on a crusty sourdough bread with spicy mustard layered on one side and housemade ranch on the other. This panini is for the record books. 9.99
Catfish Fillet Dinners
US, Farm Raised Catfish Fillets are hand battered and deep fried golden brown or topped with lemon herb seasoning and grilled to perfection.
Fried Whole Catfish Dinners
The WHOLE fish, tail and all, are hand battered and deep fried golden brown.
Time for Pie
With holiday number one under our belt, we're on to Thanksgiving prep and planning! Order your pies & other Thanksgiving sweets soon... it's an early one this year! THANKSGIVING IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25.
We're on a Short Retail Break!
A quick update for Batter friends & fans! We are taking a short retail break. As many of you know, the kiosk has been closed since March 2020. We will be closing the Pine Street retail shop temporarily for a short retail break to regroup. Please check back for updates on reopening soon!
Home
We are open for DINE-IN with limited seating, Carry Out and Delivery per the current restaurant restrictions in Chicago.
Breakfast
Breakfast is our claim to fame! With our World Famous French Toast Flight which combines our four signature flavors of batter dipped Brioche , you are sure to find your favorite! We also make things from scratch around these parts, with our hand shredded B&B Cheese Crusted Hash Browns, house made B&B Maple Chicken & Apple or B&B Spicy Pork sausage; you can taste the Love!.
Lunch
We also have an eclectic mix of menu items for featuring collaborations with local specialty artisans including; La Colombe “Louisiane” Coffee , Delilah’s Chicago Bar, Burnt City Brewing, and Love Cork Screw.
Brunch
Brunch at Batter & Berries is like none other! With items like our French Toast Flight, Cluck & Gaufre (goof), La Colombe Brisket or The PortaBella Hash, there is something for everyone to love!
