I absolutely adore pancakes! They are the perfect weekend breakfast.

They are pretty easy to make, and there are so many variations you can try once you master the basic recipe. But some people out there are putting the rest of us to shame, and I thought you should know about it. Like this person, who is clearly a sorcerer and an overachiever:

Meanwhile, my attempts at cute pancakes usually come out looking something like this:

But there are people out there who do things like this:

Meanwhile, I'm like:

Their masterpiece:

Mine:

This spiked blob flips over and is the perfect Rick:

I'm lucky if my pancake even flips:

These adept hands create a beautiful vision of a rainbow:

Mine create a .... a .... what's that?? 

Hey, look! It's a perfectly cheerful Deadpool:

Look, it's --

And then you have this stunning dinosaur that almost -- almost -- looks feasible:

But sadly ... it's not ... quite ...

It's OK, though! Ugly pancakes taste just as good. Keep trying, friends! We'll get there.