Romantic to me is to eat Jack Johnson inspired banana pancakes with raspberry toppings on a sunny Sunday morning out in the backyard over a squared patio table with checkered table cloth.
This weekend, we made our first attempt at the pancakes.
Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon white sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 egg, beaten 1 cup milk 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 2 ripe bananas, mashed
Directions
Combine flour, white sugar, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together egg, milk, vegetable oil and bananas. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture; batter will be slightly lumpy. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Cook until pancakes are golden brown on both sides; serve hot.
We found out we had baking soda, but no baking powder. We wondered if we could use them interchangeably. Goolge said we shouldn’t so we did. Not sure why we ever bothered with googling it in the first place.
Apparently, baking soda did no harm to the taste. They are just what I imaged, soft, puffy, and full of banana flavor. I ate all four of them. Hongfei only had a few scrapes here and there. Opposite to me, when it comes to food he is more into presentation than taste. We had no pictures of these pancakes for a reason. We couldn’t flip them in one piece so they ended up looking like scrambled pancakes! We blamed it on the pan!
Next time, we will do better…with a new pan! After all, the process of perfecting the romantic recipe is romantic in itself.
A Chinese girl living in LA.
Dream about being a traveling writer/food critic/yoga instructor/Fengshui Consultant on weekends, then get up every Monday morning to go to work as a programmer.
Cynical at times. But an optimist at heart.