Sugar Bananas (also known as Ducasse) are a little shorter and rounder at the end than lady finger bananas. The skin is very thin and the banana is very dense, sweet and makes for a great pancake batter compared to the usual bananas found in western supermarkets (known as cavendish). I have posted a 2 ingredient banana pancake recipe before before using the cavendish type (see here) and in this post I’m using sugar bananas for the pancakes. The batter is a lot thicker resulting in a more authentic looking pancake (without the need for flour) and is so much easier to flip!
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| Sugar Banana Pancakes 2 ingredients (Grain Free, Gluten Free and Sugar Free) |
So a little fun fact – bananas don’t grow on trees! They are actually the worlds largest herb, with the trunk of the banana made from tightly wrapped leaves not wood. In Vietnam, we eat the the trunk, the blossom, the fruit (green and ripe) and use the leaves for cooking, wrapping and storing of food. How amazing is that?!
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| Sugar Banana Pancakes (Grain Free, Gluten Free and Sugar Free) |
So back to these Sugar Banana Pancakes, they are sweet enough on their own and don’t need any syrup or honey. They are also great with berries, shredded coconut, cacao nibs or bacon!
SUGAR BANANA PANCAKES
- 2 Sugar bananas (just ripe works best, that is yellow with no black spots)
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp cinnamon (buy on iherb or amazon)
- coconut oil (buy on iherb or amazon)
- Place your pan on medium low heat, it should be low enough that the pan or oil will not sizzle or smoke while you prepare the batter (I use setting 5 to 6 out of 9 on my electric stove)
- Place all ingredients in blender or magic bullet (buy on amazon)
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| Place banana, egg and cinnamon in blender or magic bullet |
- Blend until smooth
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| Blend until smooth |
- Place one tbsp of coconut oil in the pan and swirl around
- Place 1 tbsp of batter at a time in the pan, gently spread the batter into a neat circle using the spoon (I fit 4-5 pancakes in my pan)
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| Add 1 tbsp batter and spread gently with the back of the spoon |
- Cook for 1 minute (or until golden brown), then flip and cook for another 1 minute (check by lifting the side of the pancake after 30 seconds as they can easily burn due to the natural sugars)
- It’s important not to let the batter sizzle too much as it will cause the pancakes to thin out, so ensure the pan is not too hot to avoid this
- Repeat until all the batter is used
- Store any extra pancakes in a container in the fridge to snack on throughout the day
- Serve with berries, shredded coconut or enjoy on their own
- Enjoy!
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| When I finish taking my photos and my son hears me say ‘you can eat now’… |
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| Luckily these pancakes do taste good cold! 😉 |
- 2 Sugar bananas (just ripe works best, that is yellow with no black spots)
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp cinnamon (buy on iherb or amazon)
- coconut oil (buy on iherb or amazon)
- Place your pan on medium low heat, it should be low enough that the pan or oil will not sizzle or smoke while you prepare the batter (I use setting 5 to 6 out of 9 on my electric stove)
- Place all ingredients in blender or magic bullet (buy on amazon)
- Blend until smooth
- Place one tbsp of coconut oil in the pan and swirl around
- Place 1 tbsp of batter at a time in the pan, gently spread the batter into a neat circle using the spoon (I fit 4-5 pancakes in my pan)
- Cook for 1 minute (or until golden brown), then flip and cook for another 1 minute (check by lifting the side of the pancake after 30 seconds as they can easily burn due to the natural sugars)
- It's important not to let the batter sizzle too much as it will cause the pancakes to thin out, so ensure the pan is not too hot to avoid this
- Repeat until all the batter is used
- Store any extra pancakes in a container in the fridge to snack on throughout the day
- Serve with berries, shredded coconut or enjoy on their own
- Enjoy!
Yum! Love the photos too! I am going to have to try these for my GF daughter!
Thanks so much!
How fun!!!! I wonder if I can find sugar bananas in Maine???? I’ll have to be on the look-out!
hope you do! they make a really nice batter 🙂
These are so beautiful + yummy! Your photos are always so pretty!
Thanks so much Emily xx
These sound great!! I love how easy these pancakes are to make 😀
Thanks so much Tashenna!
I did not know that about bananas!!!! Love that fact. Love the recipe and photos, too! <3
so cool huh?! Thank you! xx
these. look. amazing!
I cant wait to try them for brunch one weekend… and the fact that they’re GF is an added bonus 🙂
Thanks so much Tanis, hope you like them 🙂