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Easy Banana Pancake Recipe

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My family loves to have banana pancakes for breakfast on Saturdays. This is an easy pancake recipe that makes light and fluffy pancakes. Lightly scented with vanilla essence and cinnamon powder, these pancakes are absolutely scrumptious with sliced bananas on top. It is yummy as it is or you may have it with some honey and a squeeze of lemon/lime.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup self-raising flour

1/2 tsp baking power

2 eggs

3/4 cups milk, more or less

2 tablespoons of plain yogurt (Optional)

4 tablespoons melted butter

1 tablespoons sugar

1 tsp vanilla essence

1/4 tsp cinnamon powder (optional)

2 – 3 medium/large bananas (sliced)
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Method:

1. Sift the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, cinnamon powder) together. Add in sugar.

2. In another bowl, mix eggs, milk and melted butter together until smooth.

3. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients. Add in wet ingredients (item 2) all at once. Stir until just combined.
(Note: Over-mixing makes tough pancakes. It’s okay for the batter to be lumpy)

4. Spoon onto hot non-stick pan (if not using non-stick pan, then oil the pan first) and quickly place the sliced bananas on the pancake until bubbles form.
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5. Flip over till slightly brown.

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6. Serve hot with honey/maple syrup and a squeeze of lemon/lime.

Enjoy!

Note: Batter can be kept overnight in the refrigerator.

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Easy Lemon Cake Recipe

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Lemons – this zingy, sour fruit is my most loved flavors when it comes to cooking and baking. This versatile fruit is used to bring a tangy flavor and bright aroma in baking to sauce making to meat and vegetable cookery. So, when life give you lemons, don’t just make lemonade. Here’s an easy lemon cake recipe that will surely tickle your taste buds!

Ingredients:

125g butter
185g self-raising flour
100g castor sugar
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons plain yogurt or 4 tablespoon of milk
2 lemons, rind grated

Syrup

4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
4 rounded tablespoons icing sugar

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and flour a 9 by 2-inch round cake pan or loaf tin.
2. Cream butter and sugar and beat in eggs.
3. Add sifted flour, lemon rind and yogurt and mix well.
4. Pour into tin and smooth top.
5. Bake for 25 – 30 minutes. (If using loaf tin, bake for 35 – 40 minutes)

Syrup:

Mix lemon juice and icing sugar.
After removing cake from over, prick the top with a metal skewer.
Pour over the lemon juice while cake is still hot.
Leave to cool before removing the tin.