Coconut and Lime Pancakes

Using my favourite one bowl and one pan pancake batter mix, these fluffier than a cloud Coconut and Lime Pancakes are packed full of zesty, fresh, tropical flavours. One to make when you are wanting something slightly different to the norm, or in the depths of winter (like we are now) and want to imagine you are holidaying on a tropical island somewhere!

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What you are going to need to make these fluffy coconut and lime pancakes

DRY INGREDIENTS

White Self-Raising Flour: using self-raising flour is important as the added rising agents help to give the pancakes their cloud like consistency. If you only have plain white flour in the cupboard, add an additional tsp of baking powder to the flour. Same if you are swapping to a gluten-free variety like buckwheat flour

Coconut Flour: I’ve used coconut flour here as it helps create a soft springy pancake due to the flours absorbency, but am aware not everyone will have this at home. This can be swapped for the same quantity of self-raising flour, but you may find you need a little less dairy free milk, as coconut flour is a lot more absorbent than regular flour. Or swap for oat flour, by blending the same quantity of oats, as coconut flour in a blender to get a fine milled flour

Baking Powder: this acts as a rising agent for the pancakes

Lime Zest: if you are thinking this is weird, trust me! It really helps to bring out the coconut flavour and compliments it perfectly.

WET INGREDIENTS

Dairy Free Milk: you can use any variety of dairy free milk in this recipe. For the pancakes that are pictured I used coconut milk, but cashew, soya, almond, ost will all work. Just try to pick an unsweetened version to avoid adding additional sweetness to the pancakes, for a similar reason also avoid barista milks when making these pancakes

Lime Juice: along with the lime zest about, really help to bring citrus notes into the pancake batter

Blueberries: what would a pancake be without blueberries! They also happen to pair really well with the coconut and lime

Maple Syrup: this adds a subtle sweetness to the batter, but any other liquid sweetener will work

Coconut Oil: I’ve opted for melted coconut oil in this recipe to help with the coconut flavour, but other similar oils like avocado or macadamia nut oil will work, or even olive oil.

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Toppings

The toppings for these Fluffy Coconut and Lime Pancakes are what takes this dish to the next level. However, they are far from complicated and can easily be swapped out for whatever you have handy in the cupboards:

Coconut Yoghurt: this add a lovely creaminess to the stack, almost like a sauce and you could even layer yoghurt between each pancake for an extra indulgent stack. U.K. supermarkets stock a wide variety of options but ideally you are looking for a plain unsweetened variety and if you are looking for a recommendation, I highly recommend CoYo.

Lime Zest: this makes the stack look beautiful because of the contrasting colour and also helps deliver that citrus flavour.

Fresh Blueberries: adding the blueberries offers a lovely additional texture to the dish. However, you can swap for frozen blueberries that have been defrosted if that is what you have available

Hemp Seeds: adding these helps deliver a complete source of vegan protein to the dish

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Looking for other pancake inspiration

If you are looking for more pancake inspiration or coconut and lime simply aren’t the flavours for you, give my Apple Pie Pancakes a go!

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I can’t wait to hear what you think of these Coconut and Lime Pancakes so please leave a comment below and tag me in your wonderful creations! I’m @fortheutterloveoffood on Instagram and use the hashtag #theutterloveoffood. I’m also on Facebook – please say hello!