Cake and Ice Cream- For Breakfast!!!

Today is my birthday so I wanted to come up with a special breakfast in honor of a healthy me!! I combined my favorite elements of a few recipes and this is what I came up with:

                                 


                                            Mmmmm... Cake and Ice Cream!!

Pancakes-


1 cup whole wheat pastry flour

-or-

1 cup whole wheat flour +2 tablespoons cornstarch

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon cinnamon

1 ¼ cups milk substitute (I use almond milk)

2 Tablespoons Agave Nectar

1 teaspoon vanilla

In a bowl wisk together the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl mix together your wet ingredients.. Mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients until just combined. Heat a well oiled griddle or non-stick pan and pour ¼ cup pancake batter into the pan. Cook over medium heat until bubbles break through the top side and the pancake is just firm enough on the bottom to flip (about 1- 1 ½ minutes) Flip the pancake over and cook for an additional minute. Makes about 8- 3 inch pancakes. Each pancake has 81 calories and less than 1 gram of fat each!!! Plus if you place them in a Ziplock bag between layers of wax paper you can have them ready in one minute of defrost in the microwave!

Banana ‘Ice Cream’ Vegan style!!-

1 Chopped banana, frozen overnight

¼ teaspoon vanilla

Walnuts (optional)

Food processor

Chop fruit of your choice, I use banana, place in a Ziplock bag and freeze overnight. In the morning after the pancakes are done, place the fruit and vanilla in the food processor. Pulse until the fruit is creamy and takes on the look of ice cream! Add walnuts and pulse until the nuts are chopped. Without the nuts the ‘ice cream is only 120 calories, with about 8 walnut halves it is around 220.

*Suggestion pairing the fruit of your choice, like strawberries, blueberries or mango with banana leads to a more creamy texture for an authentic ice cream taste.

To serve place pancakes on a plate, top with a scoop of ‘ice cream’, drizzle with agave nectar and enjoy!!

2 Pancakes topped with ½ the ice cream without walnuts, drizzled with 1 tablespoon Agave nectar has only 282 calories!!!