Pirate pancake face recipe
A few simple and delicious decorations have turned this pancake into a fierce pirate. Give your pancake some character this Pancake Day, using pancake batter and a little food colouring to create a sinister eyepatch and moustache. Also try making a colourful bandana made from strawberry jam and yellow sweets and a strawberry for the nose.
See method- Serves 4
- 30 mins to prepare and 10-15 mins to cook
- 514 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 250g plain flour
- ½ tbsp baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 30g butter, melted and cooled
- 300ml whole milk
- a few drops of black food colouring
- sunflower oil, for frying
To decorate
- strawberry jam
- yellow sweets
- green grapes
- strawberries
- red grapes
- black writing icing
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 2160kJ 514.0kcal
- Fat
- 19g
- Saturates
- 9g
- Salt
- 0.6g
- Sugars
- 28g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 76.9gProtein 13.6gFibre 3.1g
Method
- Sift the flour into a large bowl, add the baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix to combine.
- Beat in the eggs, melted butter and milk until smooth then transfer to a jug so it is easy to pour.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over a low heat. Lightly brush with sunflower oil and pour a round shape of mixture for the head approx 11cm round. Cook for 30 seconds – the top of the pancake will bubble slightly then turn it over and cook for a further 15-20 seconds. Remove from the pan and set aside.
- Pour out the mixture into an oblong for the bandana, cook for approx 30 seconds, then flip over and cook for 15 seconds. Then pour out 2 small rounds for the ears. Cook for 15-30 seconds, turn and cook for a further 15 seconds. Spoon a little of the mixture into a separate bowl and add a little black food colouring. Drizzle a straight line for the eye patch string and small circle for the eye patch. Then lastly a heavily curved line for a moustache.
- Set aside with the other cooked pancake pieces. Repeat this process three more times to make more pirate face pancakes.
- Place the round face on a large plate, tuck the two rounds ears under the face slightly. Place the black eye patch string across the face and trim the black eye patch to a semi circle. Trim the moustache and place on the face. Trim the bandana leaving little ties at one side, then spread with strawberry jam. Decorate with yellow sweets.
- Halve a green grape horizontally and use as an eye. Use an upturned strawberry for a nose and a sliced red grape for a mouth. Use black writing icing to draw a pupil on the eyes and big hoop earrings on the ears.
- Tip: Make sure your pancake batter isn't to thick and cook them very gently over a low steady heat because you want them cooked but not coloured so you can decorated them as faces.
- See more Pancake Day recipes
- As part of a healthy balanced diet, we recommend this recipe for a special occasion or treat.
