Name: Rainbow pancakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 200g self raising flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tbsp golden caster sugar; ½ tsp vanilla extract; 200ml milk; 3 eggs; 25g butter melted, plus extra for frying; red, yellow, green and blue gel food colouring; punnet raspberries; punnet blueberries; whipped cream or ice cream; maple syrup

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Rainbow pancakes

Rainbow pancakes

Miriam Nice

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 20 mins

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Kids and adults alike will love these super colourful pancakes, perfect for a celebratory breakfast or brunch. Stack them up and top with whipped cream, maple syrup and mixed berries.

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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200g self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp golden caster sugar
½ tsp vanilla extract
200ml milk
3 eggs
25g butter

melted, plus extra for frying
red, yellow, green and blue gel food colouring

To serve (optional)

punnet raspberries
punnet blueberries
whipped cream

or ice cream
maple syrup

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal324
fat10g
saturates5g
carbs46g
sugars8g
fibre2g
protein11g
salt1g

Method

step 1

Put all the pancake ingredients, except the dye, in a bowl and mix well with a whisk until smooth. Divide the batter into 5 bowls or disposable cups. Use the food colouring to dye 4 of them a different colour, leaving one plain.
step 2

Melt a small knob of butter in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium-low heat. Once foaming put spoonfuls of the pancake batter into the pan and shape into 4-5cm circles with the back of your spoon, you should have enough to make 4 pancakes from each coloured batter. Cook for 2-3 mins then flip over and cook the other side for another minute or until cooked through and ever so slightly golden.
step 3

Stack the pancakes so that everyone gets one of each colour. Serve with fresh fruit, cream or ice cream and a drizzle of maple syrup if you like.

RECIPE TIPS

USING GEL COLOURING

Gel food colouring will give you the brightest result but just add a tiny bit at a time as it’s strong stuff.

STACK A RAINBOW

To create a full rainbow effect, we stacked our pancakes in the following order (from the bottom): blue, green, plain, yellow, red. You can mix them up however you like though.

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