Does pancakes have yeast in them?

Answer 1

Using yeast would not give you something you can call a "pancake", but a "griddle cake" instead. You can, but you must give the yeast time to multiply (which you would not need to do with baking powder), which means making the yeasted batter and leaving it for about an hour to double in volume, before you can cook with it. Otherwise the griddle cakes will not rise.

You can make pancakes without any leavening agents; see French crepes.

Answer 2

You can if you like. It would be weird, and would probably make them taste funny, and likely wouldn't do much good anyway since pancake batter doesn't sit around to rise like bread dough does, but if you want yeasty pancakes, sure.

Answer 3

no

no because they are flat, unless you accidentally used self raising flour!

Answer 4

no

Answer 5

Yes