Costa Rican Cakes

The days that I spent in Santa Teresa Costa Rica, we stayed at this awesome little hostel that served banana oat pancakes every morning! They were so delicious so I wanted to make some of my own version of them! Hope you enjoy!

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 1/2 cups of oats

• 1 tbs baking powder

• 3 ripe bananas

• 1 1/3 cups of milk of choice (my preference is almond milk)

• 1/4 cup of coconut oil (melted)

• 1 tsp of vanilla

• 1 cup of frozen blueberries

• Half of lemon zest

• Frozen raspberries

• Mint

STEP ONE: Blend your oats in the blender

STEP TWO: Take your blended oats and whisk it with the tablespoon of baking powder.

STEP THREE: Blend the bananas, milk, coconut oil, and vanilla extract together. Save a quarter of the banana to put on top.

STEP FOUR: Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.

STEP FIVE: Turn your griddle onto a medium-high heat and once its nice and hot lower it to a low-medium heat.

STEP SIX: Pour some pancake circles on your griddle and cook until they are nicely browned on both sides.

STEP SEVEN: Keep an eye on your cakes while taking a cup of frozen blueberries and placing them in a small pot over low heat with the tablespoon of water and the lemon zest. When it’s hot and combined nicely remove from heat.

STEP EIGHT: Decorate your fresh cakes on your plate, chop some banana slices and place them on top, and pour the blueberry sauce over all of it. Crumble some frozen raspberries and fresh mint on top. If you like it extra sweet drizzle some maple syrup on top but I think its perfect without.

*Another fun idea for a topping would be nuts like pecans or roasted cashews.