Want to make the perfect pancake? We got Scott Barton and Darren Beevers from the Plantation to show us how. 

The ingredients:

  • 500ml milk
  • 4 eggs
  • 200g plain flour
  • 10g sugar
  • 5g salt
  • 150g melted butter

Now you've made your perfect pancake, if you fancy running round the streets with it instead of eating it, there are plenty of races to join in. If you need more inspiration for pancakes, see our list of 10 recipes and filling ideas to try out on Pancake Day

Wimborne

The annual pancake race around the Minster Church in Wimborne will start at 11am.

There will be a prize in all categories, which are toddlers, pre-school, under 18s, adults, and wheelchair users. Registration starts at 10.30am and competitors are asked to bring a pan and ready-cooked pancake, to be tossed around the four corners of the church.

Castlepoint

Castlepoint shopping park is preparing to host a pancake race for the ninth year.

The race will start at 1pm from outside Marks and Spencer.

Teams of staff from several of Castlepoint’s shops will race down the East Mall to try and take the trophy and raise money for Autism Wessex. Participants will also compete to see who can toss their pancake the highest.

Christchurch

Christchurch Food Festival is organising charity pancake races in front of the historic Priory Church.

Races start at 10.30am and will see chefs, business people and local celebrities grabbing their frying pans.

Proceeds will go to the festival’s charity, the Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust. Entrance for a team of four is £20, while individual chefs are also being encouraged to enter for £5.

If you wish to enter, contact the organiser Tim Lloyd by emailing tim.lloyd@captainsclubhotel.com.

Poole

The Great Tower Park charity pancake race will setting off at 10am, so get your frying pans at the ready.

Lemur Landings’ pancake races cover all age ranges, with great prizes to be won and lots of fun to be had with the team mascots.

Participation costs £1, which will be donated to charity.

Visit the website for more details. www.towerparkentertainment.co.uk

Mudeford 

Mudeford Junior School in Christchurch are holding their own charity pancake race, starting at 10.30am in Church Street.

Boscombe

There will be a pancake races for children and adults at Boscombe precinct when the Mayor of Bournemouth’s Pancake Race takes place. The fun starts at 3.30pm and entry costs £1. There will also be medals for each of the winners of each race.

Did you know?

Before the Christian era, pagan groups believed the change of seasons was a struggle between Jarilo, the god of vegetation, fertility and springtime, and the evil spirits of cold and darkness.

People believed that they had to help Jarilo fight against winter and bring in the spring by making and eating pancakes, which symbolised the sun (because they're hot and round, of course!).