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Hot cakes (also known as flap jacks and pancakes) are the easiest thing in the world to make.

This is how you make hotcakes

Ingredients:
4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 cups milk
8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Plus more for the griddle:
1 large egg
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon yellow food coloring

Procedure:
First, mix the flour, sugar, and baking powder in a large bowl until mixed. In another bowl, beat the milk, melted butter, egg, vanilla, and food coloring until blended. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and beat until just blended (it’s better to leave a few lumps than to over mix and make tough hotcakes). The hotcakes will be lighter if you let this batter stand at room temperature for about 30 minutes, or refrigerate it up to 1 day.

Next, heat a griddle or large heavy pan (cast iron waffle maker is perfect) over medium heat. The griddle is hot enough when a drop of water skitters quickly across the surface. Brush the griddle with a little melted butter. Pour about 1/3 cup of batter for each hotcake, leaving a little space between the hotcakes to make it easy to turn them. Cook them until golden brown underneath (lift a corner to peek) and bubbles start to pop on the topsides. Flip the hotcakes carefully and cook them until the undersides are golden brown. Repeat with
the rest of the batter.