Carrot Cake Pancakes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup vanilla wafer crumbs
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
• 4 oz cream cheese, softened
• 6 tbsp icing sugar
• 3 tbsp whole milk
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 & 1/4 cups flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• 1 & 3/4 cups buttermilk
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups finely grated carrots, pat dry on paper towel