Red Velvet Pancakes
What They Are
My youngest sister has a love affair with red velvet cake, but with her six baby girls running around the house, she never really has the time to make it. So I came up with this recipe for her. Now she can get her red velvet fix anytime she wants. These pancakes are best served with cream cheese topping, but if it is too rich for you, you can top them with powder sugar or anything you like. You can mix all the dry and store it in an airtight container during a busy morning, and add the wet to the mix to save time.
My kids get a kick from seeing these red pancakes on their plate; for the holidays, I like to make them into hearts, trees, or egg shapes, and add candy or fruit on top of the cream cheese topping or let the kids their own. It’s a fun way to spend breakfast together on the weekends.
My kid's favorite Toppings
Cream cheese topping
Strawberries
blueberries
Powder sugar
Chocolate
Nuts
Chocolate chips
Try them all or mix and match to see what you like the best. Please comment and share if you have a new topping that is good with it.
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What You Need
- Topping Topping, Topping
- 1 pkg cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/2 c powder sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1/2 tsp lemon zest
- Pancakes Mix
- 2 c Flour
- 1/2 c Sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 4 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 c Buttermilk
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 tsp red paste food color
- 1/4 c butter, melted
What You Do
- For Topping Mix cream cheese, Powder sugar, and Lemon zest. And vanilla bowl until smooth. Thin with milk as needed to achieve a pourable consistency. Set aside.
- Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, cocoa powder, and salt in a bowl until evenly blended.
- Beat the eggs in a bowl. Add in the buttermilk, vanilla extract, and food coloring. Stir in the flour mixture until moistened.
- Add in the melted butter, and stir until the butter has incorporated but don't over-mix. It will be a bit lumpy.
- Heat oiled skillet over medium heat. Drop 1/4 c batter onto the skillet, and cook until bubbles form and the edges are dry. Flip and cook until browned on the other side. Repeat with the remaining batter.
- Top with cream cheese topping or another topping you enjoy.
© 2013 Brenda
