Buttermilk Chocolate Pancake

I don't need to say anything about this chocolate goodness, bet all of you have your favorite pancake recipe. It is a treat for my family, a comfort food, simple dessert. Yupe, we eat pancake anytime we want, not only during breakfast.

This pancake is fluffy and soft, I often use the same batter to make waffle, saves time! Use whatever topping that you like. My boy's favorite is vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce+choco chips (so predictable), and toast almond.

Ingredients :
Dry ingredients 
2 cups of all purpose flour
2 1/2 - 3 tbsp cocoa powder
5 tbsp sugar
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 sdt salt

Wet ingredients
1 1/2 cup buttermilk
3 tbsp cooking oil
3 tbsp butter, melted
2 eggs

How to :
1. Sift flour and chocolate, mix well with other dry ingredients. Set aside
2. In a separate bowl, mix buttermilk, egg, melted butter and oil.
3. Add in the dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Do not overmix or your pancake will be tough
4. Heat your pancake pan, use low heat. Drop one or two spoonfull of the batter. Leave it until you see bubbles on the surface. Flip and cook for another 1 minute.
5. Serve with your favorite topping

Pancake with Banana and Melted Dulce de Leche

In my family, pancake is one of my boys favorite breakfast. Errrr not just breakfast actually, they can eat it anytime they want. As brunch, lunch or dinner. Here I'm sharing the original pancake which have such a humble ingredients, yet taste sooo good. Unlike any other recipes that requires buttermilk or self raising flour or separate mixer etc, this one is sooo simple that you can prepare it in such a short time. 

Making the batter is very easy, it took me about 5 minutes to prepare. It was the cooking part that took longer time. I'm using 1 of 12cm pan, and of course it took ages to finish! So what I do is, the 12cm pancake is for the boys, and I'm also using a 18cm pan for me and hubby. Finish faster! For family of 4, 1 recipe is not enough to feed all the hungry mouths, so I always doubled it up :D

Pancake

source : Joy of Baking

1 cup of all purpose flour (130gr)

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

2 tbsp sugar (i'm using 3 tbsp)

1 large egg, lightly beaten

1 cup (240ml) plain milk

2 tbsp unsalted butter

- In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. 

- In a separate bowl whisk together the egg, milk, and melted butter. 

- Pour in the egg mixture, all at once, and stir (with a rubber spatula or balloon whisker) until just combined. 

- The batter should have some small lumps. (Do not over mix the batter or the pancakes will be tough.)

Heat your frying pan, lightly brush the pan with butter. Pour in the mixture to your preheated pan. Adjust the thickness of the pancake according to your own liking. For evenly browned pancake as shown in the pics, do not brush the pan with butter and use small heat only!

When the surface of the batter has start to bubbly and the bottom of the pancake has turned golden brown, turn it over. Cook again for another 1 minute.

You can use your favorite topping such as maple syrup, jams, powder sugar or fruits. This time I'm using banana and melted dulce de leche. To make the dulce easy to be poured, cook your dulce with a pan and add fresh milk. Continuous stirring until the right texture. Click this link for more infos about dulce de leche. I make several recipes using the famous dulce. 

savory pancake with bolognese sauce

resep ini saya dapat dari booklet kraft, bread n breakfast. Hanya topping-nya saya modifikasi, karena kebetulan mmg lagi ada saus bolognese, kan malah jadi lbh enak:D

Resep pancake :

1 butir telur,putihnya dikocok pisah sampai kaku
150ml air
100gr terigu
2 pinch of salt (aslinya ngga pake)
keju parut, sesuai selera

semua bahan dicampur, terakhir masukan putih telur yg dikocok kaku.aduk rata.
panaskan wajan anti lengket dgn sedikit margarine/butter. tuang adonan,masak dengan api kecil sampe kekuningan. Balik adonan, masak hingga matang. untuk toppingnya, saus bolognese yg sdh ada,saya tambahkan irisan nanas, jamur dan paprika,lalu dimasak lagi. Dan saya juga membuat salad dari kol ungu, tomat ceri yg dicampur dgn dressing seadanya, dari mayonaise ditambah garam dan lada :)

Resep ini, jadi 1pancake tebal ukuran 18cm, mustinya saya pake wajan yg kecil biar dapet banyak ya. Overall, saya lebih suka tekstur pancake yg biasa saya buat. Walaupun yg ini mungkin lbh sehat krn tidak menggunakan baking powder. Tp pancake yg empyuk dan fluffy tetep nomer satu di hati saya *lebay*. Cukup lumayan, untuk variasi sarapan sehat :)