Mother’s Day Pancakes

Mother's Day Pancakes served on a pale pink plate, with flower-shaped fruit and syrup
  • 4 servings
  • 20 minutes to prepare
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Ingredients

  • 150g self raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 30g caster sugar
  • 150ml milk
  • 1tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • To Decorate
  • 1 banana
  • 1/4 watermelon
  • 2 kiwi fruit
  • Maple syrup to drizzle

Instructions

As with all recipes, if you’re making this with children make sure they’re supervised by an adult at all times.

Method

  1. Sift the flour and baking powder into a large mixing bowl. Add the sugar, stir and make a well in the middle.
  2. In a measuring jug, whisk the milk, vanilla extract, egg, and oil.
  3. Slowly whisk the wet ingredients into the dry, whisking all of the time to prevent lumps.
  4. Heat a large non stick frying pan over a medium heat. Add ¼ of the butter and melt. Spoon 2 soupspoons of batter into the pan for each pancake, cook for 2-3 minutes on each side or until golden brown. You will need to do this in batches melting extra butter as you go. Keep the pancakes warm until you have used all of your batter.
  5. Peel and slice the fruits and use to create Mum’s happy face, or using cookie cutters cut shapes out of the fruit, our choice is flowers.
  6. Serve 2 decorated pancakes and drizzle over the maple syrup.

To make Mum’s Happy Face, use the batter to make 4 larger pancakes, decorate with banana slices, strawberries, blueberries, green grapes and orange slices to make a smiley happy face.

Chefs Tip

If you are cooking with young children, use store bought pancakes for a quick breakfast solution. To make a chocolate version of these pancakes add 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder to the flour.

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