Breakfast

Macademia & Coconut Pancakes with Banana and Berries

These pancakes are stacked with deliciousness, with alternating layers of fruit and a slather of crème fraîche. On top, there’s a crown of chopped Macadamia nuts and shredded coconut and a drizzle of home-made caramel.

This recipe is ideal for a lazy Sunday morning breakfast or could be dialled up for the centerpiece of a brunch.

If you want to simplify this recipe, you could use store-bought maple syrup instead of making the caramel. Can’t find crème fraîche at your local supermarket? then substitute with sour cream instead.

Centerpiece for a brunch?

Macademia & Coconut Pancakes with Banana and Berries

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Serves: 3-4 Cooking Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

  • Caramel Sauce:
  • 3 Tbsp (50g) butter
  • ½ cup (100g) dark brown sugar
  • ¼ cup ‘golden syrup’or dark corn syrup
  • ½ cup + 2 Tbsp. thickened cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Pancakes:
  • 4 eggs, separated
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 Tbsps. melted butter
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 2 Tbsps. Macadamia nuts, chopped
  • 2 Tbsps. sweetened shredded coconut flakes
  • Garnish
  • Crème fraiche *
  • 1-2 bananas, thinly sliced
  • Strawberries or raspberries, sliced
  • Macadamia nuts, chopped
  • Sweetened shredded coconut flakes
  • *you can substitute sour cream for Crème fraiche

Instructions

1

For the caramel sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan over medium- low heat. Add the sugar and stir until the sugar dissolves, then add the remaining ingredients. Simmer until the mixture thickens- about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside (mixture will continue to thicken).

2

For the pancakes, separate the eggs. In one bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, milk and melted butter. Add the flour, salt and baking powder, then mix using electric beaters. Fold in the Macadamia nuts and shredded coconut.

3

In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites on high until stiff peaks form. Gradually fold into the pancake mixture, making sure the mixture remains light and fluffy.

4

Heat a frying pan or pancake griddle and lightly brush with butter. Using a heaping tablespoon of batter for each pancake, add 3-4 spoonfuls to pan and cook several minutes each side until golden. To serve, layer the pancakes, alternating with crème fraiche and bananas and berries. Top each stack of pancakes with bananas and fruit, chopped Macadamia nuts and some shredded coconut. Drizzle with a little caramel sauce.

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21 Comments

  • Reply
    John / Kitchen Riffs
    February 19, 2020 at 11:31 am

    Who doesn’t like pancakes? Neat flavor combo. And we happen to have a lot of maple syrup on hand at the moment (puzzled how that came to be, but it did) so that’s what I’d use. Neat recipe — thanks.

    • Reply
      Fran Flint
      February 19, 2020 at 11:41 am

      John, welcome back from your long trip and thanks so much for your comment.Using on hand maple syrup is certainly easier than making the caramel but it might be nice to indulge once in awhile!

  • Reply
    angiesrecipes
    February 19, 2020 at 1:35 pm

    Macadamia, raspberries and coconut…you have just combined all my favourites in this one amazing pancake recipe! They look to die for, Fran!!

    • Reply
      Fran Flint
      February 19, 2020 at 3:28 pm

      Angie, thanks for your comment- glad to hear from you!

  • Reply
    Angela
    February 19, 2020 at 2:32 pm

    Hi,
    First time commenting although I love seeing your blog posts pop up in my inbox.
    Just wondering about the number of eggs for 1 cup of flour. Have never seen a recipe with that ratio.
    Are the pancakes more soufflé in texture?
    Regards from Brisbane,
    Angela

    • Reply
      Fran Flint
      February 19, 2020 at 3:44 pm

      Angela,it’s so nice to hear from someone from Australia and I look forward to more of your comments! Yes, the ratio of 4 eggs to one cup flour is correct. By folding the whipped egg whites into the batter, this does make the pancakes rather fluffy, although I wouldn’t call it a souffle’. The batter is a little on the runny side, but the pancakes still have good body-you could add a little more flour if desired. In your part of the world,you should be able to find ‘Golden Syrup’ in the supermarket (i.e. Woolies, etc). Cheers!

  • Reply
    Claire
    February 19, 2020 at 4:05 pm

    This combination sounds so good!! I have been on a coconut kick lately!

    • Reply
      Fran Flint
      February 21, 2020 at 3:15 am

      Claire, thanks for your comment. Good to hear from you again- hope can post some more recipes again soon!

  • Reply
    Juliana
    February 20, 2020 at 10:13 am

    Oh Fran, I have not had pancakes in age…and yours look so amazing, caramel, banana and raspberries…how can I resist? This is the way I want to start my day…thanks for this amazing recipe.
    Have a wonderful rest of the week!

  • Reply
    mimi rippee
    February 23, 2020 at 2:12 am

    Oh goodness these look good. So decadent and delicious!

  • Reply
    David Scott Allen
    February 23, 2020 at 4:44 am

    Not to be rude, but to hell with brunch! Small versions of this would be great for dessert. Love all the flavors… And the colors are beautiful, as well.

  • Reply
    mae
    February 24, 2020 at 3:00 am

    Beautiful pancakes! I made some crepes last week: used the recipe for the thinner type rather than the fluffy type. But they are all good!

    best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com

  • Reply
    Fran Flint
    February 24, 2020 at 3:49 am

    Mae, thanks so much for your comment- glad to hear from you again! Even though there is a lot of liquid in the batter, the whipped egg whites do make these pancakes rather fluffy!

  • Reply
    marie johson
    February 25, 2020 at 2:49 am

    What a great pancakes recipe. Thanks for sharing 🙂

  • Reply
    lisaiscooking
    February 25, 2020 at 7:43 am

    I made pancakes yesterday, but they weren’t nearly this pretty! The caramel sauce sounds delicious with them.

  • Reply
    Tanza Erlambang
    March 1, 2020 at 12:00 pm

    banana and coconut are my favorites….yummy

  • Reply
    Jeff the Chef
    March 4, 2020 at 12:54 pm

    I love making pancakes, so this is definitely for me. I love the flavor combination. Curiously, I’ve had pancakes so many different ways, but I’ve never drizzled caramel over them. And I love making homemade caramel sauce!

  • Reply
    Katerina
    March 6, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    What a centrepiece indeed, Fran! I just love the presentation and the flavours in this beautiful stack of pancakes! Yum!

  • Reply
    Gemma
    March 7, 2020 at 11:01 pm

    Wow what a delicious looking stack! I love combining banana and berries, so these are right up my alley! xo

  • Reply
    natalia20041989
    March 11, 2020 at 8:33 pm

    So yum, love pancakes like this! Beautiful pictures☺

  • Reply
    Judee
    June 6, 2020 at 2:08 am

    How beautiful! I think I would serve that wonderful stack of pancakes and fruit as a dessert. My mouth is watering just looking at your gorgeous photos

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