Dessert Recipes - Trifling Pancakes Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 quantity of Simple Pancakes

• 25 g/1 oz/1/4 cup corn flour (cornstarch)

• 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar

• 1 egg

• 300 ml/1 1/4 cups milk

• 4 bananas

• Lemon juice

• 45 ml/3 tbsp chopped mixed nuts

• 90 ml/6 tbsp strawberry jam (conserve)

• Icing (confectioners') sugar, for dusting

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Method:

1. Make the pancakes. Put the corn flour in a saucepan and blend in the sugar and egg until smooth.

2. Stir in the milk. Bring to the boil and cook for 2 minutes, stirring all the time, until thickened and smooth.

3. Place a circle of wet greaseproof (waxed) paper over the top to prevent a skin forming and leave until cold.

4. Thinly slice the bananas and toss in a little lemon juice. Stir into the cold custard with the nuts. Place one pancake on a serving plate and spread with a quarter of the jam.

5. Top with a second pancake and add a third of the banana custard. Repeat the layers, finishing with a pancake.

6. Dust the top of the stack with icing sugar and serve cut into wedges.