Sweet Valentines Breakfast: Red Velvet Pancakes

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Hey there! Whether you love it or hate it, Valentines Day is upon us again, and that means being bombarded with cutesy merchandise, hearts, and all things red and pink. We usually just stay home, order in, and watch something cheesy on t.v. That's just a perfect evening for me! It's also a perfect excuse to try out some new recipes to surprise my hubby!

To start off the day on a sweet note, why not whip up some delicious, and colourful, red velvet pancakes with a drizzle of tangy, sweet cream cheese icing? Chocolately and fluffy, you can surprise your partner or eat the whole stack yourself and have absolutely no regrets whatsoever. Finely chop some chocolate and toast some nuts for a little extra crunch.

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Ingredients and Instructions

Pancakes:
475 ml flour/2 cups
2 tbsp cocoa powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
pinch salt
2 eggs
175 ml sugar/ 3/4 cup
300 ml buttermilk/ 1 1/4 cups
120 ml melted butter/ 1/2 cup
2 tbsp red gel colouring or a bottle of liquid red
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp apple cider vinegar

Icing:
100 g cream cheese
50 ml sour cream
2 tbsp powdered sugar

Instructions:

1. Sift together flour, salt, cocoa powder, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside.
2. In separate bowl, beat eggs and sugar until thickened and pale in colour.
3. Whisk in buttermilk, melted butter, vanilla, food colouring and vinegar.
   
4. Add wet ingredients into dry ingredients and carefully fold together until incorporated.
5. Grease a nonstick pan or skillet and cook spoonfuls of pancakes on medium-low heat until bubbles form and pop on one side. Flip and cook a minute on the other side. They can burn quite easily, so keep an eye on them.
   
6. Whisk together cream cheese, sour cream and powdered sugar. Drizzle over pancakes.
7. Serve with toasted nuts, chopped chocolate or a drizzle of maple syrup.

Sift dry ingredients together

Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients and adjust colouring.

Fry tasty pancakes on medium-low heat.

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I wish you all a wonderful weekend and Valentines Day!