Chocolate Cinnamon Spiced Pancakes

I made these delicious chocolate pancakes with the delicious Pacari (details below) hot chocolate and cinnamon blend which was kindly gifted to me earlier this year by them to experiment with in recipes. Its delicious and in my opinion is a very good quality cacao for baking and hot chocolate.

I topped off these pancakes with chopped pears, seeds and nuts but you could use a variety of toppings of your choice.

They are dairy and egg free and yet still delicious! I love making a batter or cake type recipe without eggs as it means I can lick all the spoons and thats the best bit. Right? Yum yum!

The recipe is super easy and great for a lazy Sunday brunch or breakfast with the kids! They loved it of course and enjoyed it with a drizzle of date syrup. It would also make a delicious Christmas breakfast!

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups of spelt flour

3tbsp of cacao powder (I used Pacari’s Cinnamon blend)

2tsp of baking powder

1/2tsp of salt

1 cup of almond milk

1tbsp of melted coconut oil

3 tbsp of agave or maple syrup

1tsp of vanilla

A small handful of chocolate chips (optional)

Fruit, nuts and seeds for the topping

Drizzle – agave, maple syrup etc.

Whisk all the ingredients together adding in more flour or milk to create a thick batter. Melt a tiny amount of coconut oil on a pancake pan and spoon on a tbsp or two to make the desired size of pancake. Sprinkle on a few chocolate chips if using.

Flip once tiny bubbles appear and cook for another minute or so on the other side. Drizzle with maple syrup or date syrup and top with chopped fruit, nuts and seeds of choice. Enjoy!

Check out Pacari’s top quality chocolate products at the link below. They are also fairly traded which is important to me. 🙂

Pacari website – https://home.pacarichocolates.uk/

Almond Milk Recipe

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If your after super easy homemade Almond milk check out this recipe video below. I’ve also given you a quick tour of my new Nutramilk nut milk machine, its pretty awesome and has saved us loads of money so far making our own dairy free milk and will continue to do so in the future.

We are loving the machine so far, I would recommend checking the company out by clicking the Nutramilk link below.

I’ve used my Nutramilk machine to make the almond milk and it comes with a hard back high quality cookbook containing around 200 recipes.

https://nutramilk.co.uk/

Click the image above to view the Almond Milk recipe video


Chocolate Brownie Cake

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Suitable for Vegans

This cake is soooo delicious and even without the butter and eggs it is so super moist! I would recommend it to anyone looking for a vegan friendly cake recipe and for anyone looking to cook less with eggs or butter.

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups of self raising flour

1 1/2 cups of golden caster sugar

3/4 cups cacao powder

Pinch of salt

1 1/2 cups of hazelnut milk (or other dairy free milk)

1/2 tsp of apple cider vinegar

1/2 cup of organic rapeseed oil

2 tsp of vanilla extract

1 cup of boiling water

Topping:

Hazelnuts

Cherries

4 Tbsp of Cacao Powder ( I used Pacari’s drinking cacao with ginger)

4 Tbsp of Golden Icing Sugar

My ingredients are always organic where possible.

Instructions

  1. Add the flour, sugar, cacao powder and salt to a mixing bowl (I use my trusty kitchen aid) and mix on a low speed together.
  2. Mix the milk and vinegar together in a jug and leave for a few minutes.
  3. Turn the flour mixture back on low speed and slowly add in the oil, milk and vinegar and the vanilla extract and blend together for a minute or so.
  4. Add in the boiling water and mix on low, increasing the speed to medium to ensure its all fully blended.
  5. Pour into a well oiled cake tin, I used a drop of the rapeseed oil to oil the tin.
  6. Bake on 160-180 for around 40 minutes. Poke a stick or clean butter knife through the center of the cake to see if it is cooked through. If it comes out clean its done, if its still sticky it needs some more time in the oven.
  7. Leave the cake to cool.
  8. Add the cacao and icing sugar together in a bowl and add a little hot water splash by splash to mix through to a paste like consistency.
  9. Spread the icing on the cake and decorate with nuts, cherries or fresh strawberries.
  10. Slice and enjoy! Remember to share 😉


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