RECIPE: Red velvet pancakes
Red velvet pancakes
Difficulty: Easy4
pancakesLooking for a bold pancake dish to serve at brunch with your friends this Shrove Tuesday? There’s no crowd-pleaser quite like this red velvet recipe. Combining a rich chocolate flavour with an indulgent cream cheese frosting, dessert lovers will be a huge fan of these pancakes.
Ingredients
200g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tbsp golden caster sugar
1 tbsp golden caster sugar
½ tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp cocoa powder
230ml milk
3 eggs
25g butter, melted plus extra for frying
Red food colouring
FOR THE TOPPINGS:
100g cream cheese
4 tbsp maple syrup
100g chocolate chips
Icing sugar, for dusting
Method
In a large bowl, mix all of the pancake ingredients together except the food colouring. Whisk until a smooth texture is formed, then add a small amount of colouring and mix again, repeat this until the batter is a dark red.
In a small bowl mix together the cream cheese and maple syrup then set aside until needed.
Heat a large non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and add a small knob of butter and wait until melted. Then ladle 2 tbsp of the mixture into the pan and use the back of the spoon to shape it into 8-9cm discs. Cook for around 2-3 minutes on the first side, then flip over and cook for a further minute on the other.
To serve, stack the pancakes with a layer of cream cheese and chocolate chips between them, and top with a dollop of cream cheese and a dusting of icing sugar.
