I am trying to make pancakes for a two year old child. I used the following ingredients:

  • 1 ripe banana
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 60ml oats
  • 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/4 tablespoon Sri Lankan cinnamon powder

But it comes out too bitter. Now I am no expert. I have always made pancakes with storebought batter. But it felt to me that the problem was not the lack of sweetners but too much bitterness from either the cinnamon powder or baking powder. I can't tell which one exactly. Or if it because the cinnamon powder is Sri Lankan. That is what it says on the container. I don't know what the implications of that are.

Any idea what I am doing wrong?

  • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
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    2 months ago

    I think you should either double the banana, oats, and egg amounts for that much baking powder, or drop the baking powder to 1/4 if you wish to stick with the recipe. Also make it teaspoon, not tablespoon

    Personally I don't mind extra cinnamon in my pancakes or French toast, but you should probably also lower the amount as well to either 1/8 or just do the chef's "just a light shake or two" measurement.

    On honey, I've never put sweeteners in pancake batter so I have no idea how that impacts it. Personally I'd skip it and pour it on the end product myself, but this could be a fun opportunity for you to experiment doing both and seeing how they end up.