Valentine?s Red Velvet Pancakes with a Maple & Cream Cheese Syrup

Tue, 12 February 2019

Makes 8/10 pancakes

Ingredients

·         200g plain flour ( or 150g plain flour and 50g wholemeal flour)

·         50g icing sugar

·         1 tsp baking powder

·         1 tsp baking soda

·         1 or 2 tbsp cocoa (depending on colour & flavour preference)

·         2 eggs

·         200mls milk

·         1 tsp vinegar (any vinegar)

·         1 or 2 tsp red food colouring ( gel not liquid )

·         2 tbsp oil / melted butter

 

Maple Cream Cheese Syrup

·         100g cream cheese ( full fat )

·         2 tbsp cream

·         50g icing sugar

·         1 tsp vanilla

·         3 tbsp maple syrup

 

Method

Pancakes

1.      Put all the dry ingredients in one bowl - (sieve in the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda & salt).

2.      Put all the wet ingredients in the measuring jug - (Combine vinegar & milk together first and allow to sit for 3 or 4mins). Then add in eggs, vanilla & melted butter / oil. Whisk together.

3.      Heat up a mixture of butter and oil in the pan and begin to fry the pancakes. Begin on a medium to high heat and then as they cook reduce to a medium to low heat.

4.      As they firm up around the edges and bubbles form on top flip them over. Cook for about 2 mins on each side.

 

Syrup

5.       To make the syrup, pop the cream cheese in a mixing bowl along with the cream, maple syrup, vanilla and icing sugar. Whisk until smooth and spoon over warm pancakes.

6.      Optional: Drizzle some chocolate sauce over the top.

7.      Enjoy