Chocolate Pancakes

5 from 19 votes

Moist, fluffy and decadent Chocolate Pancakes topped with silky chocolate ganache. Only one is sure to satisfy all your chocolate cravings!

Prep Time5

Cook Time30

Total Time35

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: Pancakes

Calories: 198kcal

Author: Neha

Equipment

1 Mini Non-Stick Frying Pan

Ingredients

1 Cup All purpose flour
¾ Cup Granulated sugar
6 Tablespoons Natural Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
½ teaspoon Baking Powder
¼ teaspoon Salt
½ Cup Buttermilk
½ Cup Hot water or Coffee
4 Tablespoons Oil
2 large Eggs
1 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract

Chocolate Ganache

1 Cup Heavy Cream
1 Cup Milk Chocolate/Milk Chocolate Chips

Instructions

Whisk egg, oil, buttermilk, sugar and vanilla in a large mixing bowl until well combined. Sift all the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt) over wet. Now whisk the batter until smooth and all the flour disappears into the batter. Now add hot coffee in th batter and whisk it in too.
Preheat a mini non-stick frying pan to medium heat. Coat the pan with butter before cooking every pancake to prevent sticking. Add around ⅓ cup batter to hot pan and turn the heat to medium-low. Cover the pan with a lid and allow to cook for about 2 minutes. Bubbles will start settling and holes will form on the surface of pancake at this point.
Now flip the pancake using a spatula and cook on the other side too for about a minute. Repeat this process to cook pancakes in the same manner, till all the batter is used up. I could make 10 pancakes with this batter.
Alternatively, you can cook pancakes in a regular sized pan and make two large pancakes from this batter.

For Chocolate Ganache:

In a heatproof bowl add chocolate and heavy cream. Microwave it in 20-30 second increments and keep stirring until chocolate is melted and ganache gets smooth.
Alternatively, You can heat heavy cream in a sauce pan. Don't bring it to a boil. Turn off the heat and add in the chocolate. Let the chocolate rest in the cream for about 2 minutes and then stir till a smooth ganache is formed.
Serve warm pancakes with hot/warm chocolate ganache and fresh berries. Reheat the ganache in microwave (in small increments) if it sets before serving.

Notes

water/coffee: You can mix hot coffee in the end to bloom your cocoa and get the batter in right consistency. Or if you wish you can skip coffee and add hot water instead. Water in this recipe can also be replaced with buttermilk in equal quantity. Told you this recipe is super versatile!

Which pan to use: I used a small pan this time that holds just one pancake at a time, about ⅓ cup of batter. I know it is a little more time consuming. But this way pancakes take shape of the circular pan and rise on its edges to create a big beautiful and round pancake with almost zero effort. Use two pans to quicken things up if you wish.

You can definitely pick a regular pan here if you prefer. If you do so, I suggest instead of making regular pancakes in it, just make two large ones. It will ensure your pancakes aren't flat and get cooked faster! Then you can cut them to serve after cooking if you'd like.

Heat Setting: Pan should be pre-heated but cook this pancake on low-medium heat. Since this chocolate batter is a little runny, we will cook the pancakes on low heat. This will make sure the pancakes don't scorch at the bottom.

I recommend covering the pan (keeping pancake on low heat for a minute or two) with a lid. Then remove lid and flip the pancake to allow it to cook on the other side for another minute. This will make the fluffiest and the softest pancake ever!! It tastes just like a cupcake, take my word for it!

I don't want to use a small pan OR cook large pancakes. What should I do?

You can try replacing coffee/water in the recipe with buttermilk. The batter will be slightly thicker this way. But I strongly suggest to cook it like I suggest in this recipe for best texture!

Flipping the pancakes: Flip your pancakes when bubbles start settling on the top surface of batter. This way your pancakes will never remain undercooked.

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