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Chocolate Pancakes

by Chef Sidi
written by Chef Sidi

Pancakes are becoming a staple food in my house, because they are easy to make, easy to eat as well and fancy to present like these chocolate pancakes. Also because you can make them in different varieties. I was just thinking to myself of how interesting it would be to make chocolate pancakes, a good deviation from our usual vanilla pancakes, oat pancakes , banana pancakes etc. I did not use a lot of ingredients I just picked what was available on my shelf and whipped these up. You are not however limited to this recipe, as long as you have a good type of cocoa, chocolate chips or melted chocolate you are good to go. I added a bit of desiccated coconut to it to make it somewhat Keto. You can add nuts of choice, raisins too or fruits. Serve these with a good chocolate syrup, fresh fruits and you have your king breakfast ready.

Chocolate pancakes

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Serves: 4 Prep Time: Cooking Time:
Nutrition facts: 200 calories 10 grams fat
Rating: 5.0/5
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup cocoa
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1  table spoon dissolved  instant coffee
  • 3 tablespoons desiccated coconut or nuts grounded
  • 1/4  cup chocolate chips/  melted chocolate
  • 2 eggs
  • 1.5 cups sour milk/ natural yogurt/ Mala
  • 1/4 cup melted butter
  • 2 tsp vanilla essence.

Instructions

In a bowl add in all the dry ingredients excluding the coconut and chocolate chips . Sift once and whisk using a whisk set aside.

In another bowl add in all the wet ingredients and whisk  gently using a whisk and add these to the dry ingredients mixing gently using a spatula.Then add in the Chocolate chips and desiccated coconut.

Let the batter rest for about 15 to 20 minutes  before cooking. This allows the gluten to relax and starch grains to swell such that when cooking the pancakes become light and fluffier(  from cookery expert Monaz Dumasia)

Use a 1/4 measuring cup to scoop out the batter, and cook on low heat for 3 minutes on each side, watch out for the bubbles before flipping gently on the other side.

Once all are done, Serve along a good chocolate syrup, fruits like berries. And a good cup of coffee.

If using melted chocolate instead of chocolate chips add it to the wet ingredients.

Notes

To make the chocolate syrup use 1 part chocolate and 1 part cream , warm the cream then pour on the chocolate chips, then mix to a good consistency. You can sprinkle icing sugar on top for garnishing and place berries on top to make it even fancy.

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Straweberry Chocolate Banana Bread
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Strawberry Chocolate Banana Bread

by Chef Sidi
written by Chef Sidi

Banana breads come in various forms and their beauty is that they can be incorporated with other ingredients to create different flavors.The original recipe used raspberries but i gave it a try with strawberries because  strawberies were easily accesible to me compared to raspberries. The tang from the berries, the sweetness of the bananas and the bitterness of the dark chocolate all played a part in bringing out the full flavor of this bread. Banana breads are known to be sweet but the additions of the dark cocoa in this recipe complimented the flavor of this bread. What a better way to enjoy a sweet cup of coffee with this flavorful bread and i will show you how can prepare one in your kitchen.

Straweberry Chocolate Banana Bread
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Serves: 4 Prep Time: Cooking Time:
Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat
Rating: 5.0/5
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Ingredients

  • 3very ripe sweet bananas mashed
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 3/4  cup veg oil/ melted butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1/2 cup sour milk
  • 1 cup strawberries chopped
  • 1/4 cup dark chocolated chopped
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp baking powder and 3/4 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg grounded

Instructions

Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl using a whisk  and sift if you like (Flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg )and set aside

Combine the mashed bananas with eggs, oil, brown sugar, honey, vanilla essence, sour milk,  then add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, combining in small portions until well combined.

Then fold in the strawberries and dark chocolate chunks. Place some chocolate chunks on top together with some of the berries to create a unique fancy top.

Prepare your loaf pans by lining them with greese proof paper, then pour in the batter, bake at 180 degrees for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. This recipe gives two medium sized loaves. Once ready remove from the oven and cool the bread on a cooling rack, after it has completely cooled, carefully place on a bread board using a serrated knife or bread knife, cut your loaf into desirable sizes, and enjoy it with coffee, tea, milk or juice or plainly.

Notes

You can cut into sizeable pieces and store in a bread bin or airtight container. You can freeze this as well when ready to eat just thaw overnight warm it on the microwave for afew seconds if you like. You can ommit the eggs and add an extra 1/2 cup of the sour milk if looking for an eggless option.

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