My husband and I love pancakes! At least once a week we have them for lunch, made with all kinds of different grains, nuts and fruits. And, of course, our traditional family recipe, my Omi's German Pancakes . Emperor Franz Josef loved Kaiserschmarren I always cook a whole batch of them, even though we are only two, and I could just halve the recipe. There's a good reason:: leftover pancakes can be easily recycled into an (almost even more delicious) dish: Kaiserschmarren! A famous Austrian dessert, Kaiserschmarren ("Emperor's Mess") is made from twice-fried pancakes. First you bake regular fluffy pancakes, then you mess them up by ripping them apart, creating a "Schmarren" - a mess in Austrian dialect. After that, you refry the torn pancakes in butter, together with raisins and other add-ins. Emperor Franz Josef I, to whom the royal "mess" was dedicated, supposedly loved this rich dessert. His Empress Elisabeth, anxiously watching her