Fancy something different this Pancake Day? Here's an alternative recipe from The Groovy Food Company.

Chocolate Coconut Banana Pancakes

Preparation time – 20 mins, cooking time – 20 mins

Makes 6 pancakes

Ingredients

3 tbsp. coconut flour

1 large banana, mashed

4 large eggs, beaten

2 tsp. raw cacao powder or cocoa powder

1 tsp. vanilla bean paste or 1 vanilla pod, deseeded

2 tbsp. virgin coconut oil

Pinch of salt

Garnish

2 bananas, sliced

2 handfuls raw coconut chips, toasted

50g dark chocolate shavings

Method

Put all the ingredients except for the coconut oil into a bowl and blend together with a hand stick blender.

Melt the coconut oil on a gentle heat and put into a separate bowl.

Heat your pancake or frying pan over a medium heat and take a square of kitchen roll, dab it into the oil.

Once the oil is hot, take ¾ ladle of the pancake mixture and pour into the pancake pan.

Cook until golden brown on the underside (approx. 1 minute), then flip over and cook until golden brown on the other side (about 30 seconds).

Once you’ve cooked all 6 pancakes, stack them back on top of each other in a set of 3 to warm through in the hot pan and flip over to warm the other side.

Serve warm with a drizzle of agave nectar, sliced bananas, toasted coconut chips and chocolate shavings on top.

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