Strawberry Heart Topped Mini Pancake Stackers
These cute mini pancake stacks topped with strawberry hearts are perfect for a fun Valentine's breakfast idea with kids!
Servings: 10 stacks
Ingredients
For the mini pancakes:
- 140 g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- pinch salt
- 125 ml milk (or dairy free alternative)
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 Tbsp honey
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- pink or red food colouring (optional)
- butter or dairy free spread for frying
To serve:
- 6 large strawberries
- bamboo skewers
Instructions
- First, make the mini pancakes. These taste best warm from the pan but can also be made in advance and stored in an airtight container in the fridge for a day if necessary.
- Measure out the flour and baking powder and sift into a bowl along with the salt.
- In a separate jug or bowl, lightly whisk the egg then mix with the milk, oil, honey and vanilla extract.
- Mix the wet and dry ingredients together then lightly whisk until well combined and lump free. If using food colouring, add a few drops to the mixture then stir until the batter is completely pink.
- Spoon the pancake mix into a sauce bottle or piping bag then leave to rest for 5 minutes while you heat up the pan. If you don’t have a sauce bottle or piping bag, just leave the mixture to rest in the bowl and use a teaspoon to make the pancakes instead.
- Heat the pan over a medium heat, then drop in the butter and swirl around until completely melted.
- Draw and then fill in mini circles of pancake mixture to make your pancakes, making sure you leave enough room between the pancakes to flip them over once ready.
- Cook the pancakes until they start to bubble up, then flip them over and cook on the other side until golden. Remove from the pan, place on a plate and repeat until all the mixture is used up.
- If making in advance, leave the pancakes to cool then pop in an airtight container in the fridge until ready to serve.
- Prepare the strawberry hearts: use a mini heart shaped cutter to cut a heart from each strawberry , then cut each strawberry heart in half.
- Stack the mini pancakes, 4 or 5 to a pile. Push a strawberry heart onto a bamboo skewer, then push into a stack of pancakes to hold it all together, with the strawberry heart on top. Repeat with the rest of the stacks.
- Place on a platter or board and serve immediately.