Brit Food: Pancakes -- Pound Cakes or Griddle Cakes?? EMWTK

[Steve]

EMWTK = Enquiring Minds Want to Know. It's Enquiring 
instead Inquiring, because the phrase is from the tabloid
'The National Enquirer'.

I was watching Jan Leno the other night and he had a
guest on that was from England, and they were relating
stories of their experiences there. Jay was in England
having breakfast and he asked the waiter for 'pancakes'.
He said SIX would probably be enough. The waiter shouted
back at him 'Pancakes! You want Pancakes?' After a bit
of shouting the waiter went back to the kitchen, and
the pancakes didn't come and they didn't come. When Jay
inquired, the waiter said the cook was working on them.

Eventually the 'Pan Cakes' came out, but instead of 6
flap-jacks, Jay got 6 Pound Cakes. Pound cake is a 
dense sweet cake similar to shortcake that is shaped
like a small loaf of bread. 

Though I'm not sure why, we have had extensive 
discussions here about 'pancakes' in the UK. Apparently,
there is even a 'Pancake Day' in the UK; a day on which 
everyone, especially kids, eat 'pancakes'.

Except now I wonder if we were all discussing the same
thing? Maybe all this time I was discussing 'flap-jack
griddle cakes', and everyone else was discussing 
sweet 'pound cake'. 

So, exactly what do people in the UK usually call
pancakes/flap-jacks/griddle-cakes which, for reference,
are round, thin, 'cakes' made from flour, eggs, milk,
sugar, and a pinch of baking powder which are then cooked
in a fry pan or on a flat griddle? Fatter than a crepe
but much thinner than a traditional cake.

Just so we are all on the same page, this is a pancake -
(with pictures)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancake

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Good-Old-Fashioned-Pancakes/Detail.aspx

http://recipes.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Category:Pancake_Recipes

http://www.joyofbaking.com/breakfast/Pancakes.html


This is a Classic Pound Cake -

http://www.joyofbaking.com/PoundCake.html


Hardly earth shaking, but still, Enquiring Minds Want to Know.

Steve/bboyminn