With today being Father's day I had been for the majority of this week investigating appropriate ways to incorporate chocolate into a breakfast for my dad (he's a huge chocoholic) Aside from the usual toast saturated in layers of Nutella, I wanted to create a treat that was special and would essentially get people talking at the breakfast table. It seemed chocolate pancakes were what I was looking for and not just any kind of chocolate pancakes, for my old man it had to be pancakes with chocolate sauce, strawberries and banana.
**Please Note: These stacked delights are also very appropriate for an evening dessert and can also be made with Gluten free flour.**
Let's get started...
Serves 12 pancakes | To prepare 20 mins | To cook 2 mins
Ingredients
Pancakes
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup light-brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
- 3 1/2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- butter for griddle, if needed
- fresh strawberry and banana slices
Chocolate Sauce
- 8 oz. chocolate chips (use what you prefer, milk chocolate, semi-sweet or bittersweet)
- 1 cup heavy cream
Method
Pancakes
- Preheat an electric griddle to 350 degrees F ( 180 degrees C)
- In a mixing bowl whisk together granulated sugar and cocoa until well combined. Stir in light-brown sugar followed flour, baking soda and salt.
- Make a well in centre of dry mixture and set aside. In a separate mixing bowl whisk together milk, buttermilk, eggs, vegetable oil and vanilla.
- Pour wet mixture into dry mixture and whisk to blend (don't over mix, batter should still have some lumps).
- Butter griddle if necessary, pour batter onto preheated griddle 1/4 cup at a time and slightly spread batter in a circular form outward (so the centres aren't so much thicker than edges) and allow to cook until bubbles begin to appear on the surface, about 1 minute.
- Then carefully flip to pancake to opposite side and cook until done. Serve warm topped with chocolate sauce, strawberries and bananas.
Chocolate Sauce
- Place chocolate chips in a medium heat proof bowl.
- Bring heavy cream just to a gentle boil in a small saucepan over medium heat.
- Pour hot cream over chocolate chips and stir until chocolate has melted.
- Note that chocolate sauce will thicken as it cools, also if you want a thinner consistency you can add a few more tbsp hot cream.
- Reheat as needed in a bowl over a pan of simmering water.
RECIPE SOURCE | COOKINGCLASSY.COM
Enjoy!
Hope everyone has something nice and relaxing planned for today? I have a big shoot tomorrow so I'm taking advantage of the calm before the storm, so to speak...
Domonique
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