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St. Patty’s Pancakes

13 Mar

In preparation of this coming St. Patrick’s Day, it seems everyone is making green, booze-filled food. I don’t know about you, but after a while green food becomes quite unappetizing. Maybe it’s just me, but glowing green anything kind of freaks me out. That doesn’t mean I’m gonna be a total party pooper. I want to experiment with green food, and I happen to love anything soaked in Bailey’s Irish Cream!

I made a batch of brownies last night that were topped with an irish cream-marshmallow layer. They were incredibly delicious and decadent, but looked more “Shrek” than pretty. Alas, I will NOT be posting that recipe, until I can make it as visually appealing as it is tasty.

Green cakes drenched in chocolate sawce!!

Instead, I bring to you a fat stack of plump, moist  pancakes. These guys are light and fluffy with that undeniable pancake flavour. I drenched them in a cream cheese, chocolate, irish cream sauce and man-oh-man were they good. They reminded me of some kind of mint candy, so maybe next time I’ll add a dash on peppermint extract to them.

St. Patty’s Pancakes

Cakes

  • 1/2 cup enriched white flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp ginger
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup irish cream
  • 1/2 tsp lemon
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 4 drops green food colouring

Sauce

  • 1 tbsp cream cheese
  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tbsp irish cream
  • 2 tbsp semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1 tbsp confectioner’s sugar

Directions:

Mix dry ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside. In another small bowl, whisk egg, then whisk in cream, food colouring, lemon, and oil. Mix in dry ingredients but don’t over-stir! 

Set stove to medium-high heat and add a bit of oil to a large frying pan. When oil sizzles, drop 1/3 cup portions of batter into pan. Cook for 3 minutes each side. Remove cakes from heat.

While pancakes cook, mix together sauce ingredients. Microwave for a minute until chocolate chips melt. Whisk until sauce is thoroughly combined and pour-able. If needed, add more cream. Drizzle sauce on top of pancakes and serve.


Happy breakfast!

xx.

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