Made from scratch, a banana pancake recipe calls for flour, sugar, baking powder, eggs, milk, vegetable oil and ripe, mashed bananas. After mixing the batter until it’s a thick, creamy consistency, cook in a hot frying pan until golden brown.
Homemade Pancakes
Homemade pancakes with fresh bananas contain 193 calories. According to the USDA National Nutrient Database, one pancake made from a generic pancake mix has 74 calories. Adding one cup of mashed banana tacks on 200 calories. Topping your pancakes with one cup of sliced fresh bananas adds 133 calories.
Restaurant Pancakes
Restaurant-prepared pancakes filled with sliced bananas and topped with fresh strawberries, banana slices and whipped cream have 600 calories. A four-pancake serving of pancakes made with oats, grains, almonds and walnuts and topped with bananas and blueberries has 920 calories.
Specialty Pancakes
Pre-made silver-dollar buttermilk banana pancakes contain 90 calories, with six pancakes in one serving. One recipe from Food.com yields low-fat whole wheat banana pancakes made from scratch that are 169 calories. The recipe calls for whole wheat and all-purpose flour; sugar or a sugar substitute; salt; cinnamon; cocoa powder; baking powder; vanilla extract; water; skim milk; ripe bananas; and egg whites or egg substitute. Each serving has one 5 oz. pancake or several 1 oz. mini pancakes.