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Valentine Heart Pancakes

American-style Breakfast Pancakes is a traditional Canadian recipe for a classic thick breakfast pancake of a flour, sugar, egg and milk batter flavoured with chocolate and leavened with baking powder that is shaped in the form of a heart and which makes an excellent start to Valentine's day or even Shrove Tuesday. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Canadian version of: Valentine Heart Pancakes.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

40 minutes

Serves:

4

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Vegetarian RecipesMilk RecipesUSA Recipes


Ingredients:

150g plain flour
3 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
50g caster sugar
2 eggs, separated
250ml milk
25g butter

Method:

Combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and caster sugar in a bowl. Stir well to mix then add the egg yolks and milk. Whisk into the dry ingredients until you have a smooth batter.

Add the egg whites to a clean and dry bowl. Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form when the whisk is lifted away. Now, using a metal spoon, carefully fold the egg whites into the pancake batter.

Heat a large frying pan until hot. Add the butter and continue heating until foaming. Add ladlefuls of the batter to the pan, shape into hearts and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until bubbles begin to form on top of the batter. At this point, turn the pancakes over with a spatula and cook for a further minute on the other side.

Remove from the pan with the spatula and place in a low oven to keep warm as you cook the remaining batter.

Typically these are served for breakfast, accompanied by maple syrup.

Find more classic St Valentine's Day Recipes Here and more classic Pancake/Shrove Tuesday recipes here.