Summer has almost come and gone. It doesn’t quite feel like summer without a long road trip to the beach or a weekend trip to South Beach. It wasn’t in the cards this summer of 2020, so I had to bring the tropics to my kitchen. This breakfast dish transported my tastebuds to a tropical island.

It all started when I woke up with a very specific craving for just ordinary pancake. Just a regular plain flapjack with some maple syrup would have done the trick. However, it quickly evolved into a much more delicious trip down breakfast lane.

I realized I had no milk and no syrup, but I was determined to still make pancakes. How did I make pancakes with no milk and no syrup? 

I made a surprising discovery that a can of Coconut Milk completely transformed a regular pancake recipe into the most dreamiest, fluffiest stack of pancakes I’ve ever made!

You can use this recipe or any other basic pancake recipe and just substitute the milk. And I made a fruit based Syrup using Mango Purée.

PANCAKES

Ingredients (Makes about 8 Pancakes)

1.5 Cups of All-Purpose Flour

1 TBSP of Baking Powder

1 TSP of Salt

1 TBSP of White Sugar

1 Egg

3 TBSP Melted Butter

1 Can of Coconut Milk

Juice from half a Lime

Coconut Flakes (optional)

1. Sift Flour, Baking Powder, Salt, & Sugar together.

2. Add Coconut Milk, Egg, and Butter

3. Squeeze the juice of Half a Lime into the batter and threw in a handful of Coconut Flakes.

4. Cook all your pancakes on medium heat to your liking.

Tip: Start with 3/4 of the Can of Coconut Milk. If the batter is too thick, add the rest of the can.

SYRUP

I also really like fruit on my pancakes and waffles, so a lack of Maple Syrup in my pantry wasn’t a huge obstacle. I already had batch of puréed mangos that I had blended and froze for my 7 month old’s baby food earlier that week. So I why not use them for my own breakfast!

Ingredients

1/2 Cup of Frozen Mangos

1/4 Cup Water

Honey or Agave

Dash of Cinnamon Powder

Dash of Ginger Powder

1. Warm a cup of Frozen Mangos in a skillet, add just enough Water to cover the mangos. Cook until mangos are unfrozen.

2. Add both the water and mangos into a food processor. Blend to a consistency of your liking.

3. Add the Mangos Puree back to the skillet. Heat on Low, Add Honey or Agave Syrup. Stir gently. Add a dash of Cinnamon & Ginger for extra tanginess.

This syrup combination is so delicious. You can add as little or as much sweeter as you like. Mangos are already very sweet, so if you prefer no sugar then it will still be delicious.

You can also choose whatever fruit you like and blend it into a puree. Another great option is frozen mixed berries.

TOPPINGS

Extra toppings are optional, but these two ingredients made my pancakes extra tropical and delicious.

1. Add Coconut Flakes on top of the Mango Syrup

2. With the same lime, grate the outside of the lime and cover the pancakes with Lime Zest

ENJOY YOUR BREAKFAST!!!!!

So basically… use a can of coconut milk, add lime juice. Make your own fruit syrup. Top it with lime zest . Add coconut flakes inside and outside your pancakes, and Ta-Da… you have Tropical Pancakes.