Home » Recipes » Desserts » Authentic Kaiserschmarrn Recipe (Austrian Torn-Up Pancakes) Jump to RecipeWe Love Kaiserschmarrn And This Pancake “Mess” Is Very Easy To Make!Looking for a dessert that is easy to make and where it definitely doesn’t matter if you mess it up? Try Kaiserschmarrn (sometimes also written as Kaiserschmarren)! This “messy pancake” is a delicious dessert – made from a sweet batter – that has been popular for almost two centuries! Served with powdered sugar and various fruit jams (compotes), it’s a classic Austrian dish you can find if you travel around Europe near the Alps. Given that it’s such a regional dish, it can be hard to find a Kaiserschmarrn recipe in English. Well, that’s where we come in!That said, Kaiserschmarrn has a great back story – in fact, it has many versions. What is agreed upon is the fact that it got its name from being a favorite dish of AustrianEmperor Francis JosephI. The name Kaiserschmarrn is made up of two words. “Kaiser” means Emperor...
