Hi Everyone,
Today is the Sunday Supper edition. Today’s post we are supposed to bring something to the Sunday table that has to do with Valentine’s Day. I thought chocolate mousse, chocolate pudding, cupcakes, but I settled on Red Velvet Pancakes. You know how much I love pancakes, and who doesn’t love a soft, fluffy, silky red velvet pancakes with cream cheese frosting?
These pancakes are pretty healthy for you too! They are made with whole wheat flour and greek yogurt! I love my greek yogurt pancakes. I will admit I did have a few issues making these. The problem was the color. I actually made these last week and as much red dye drops I put in, I couldn’t come up with the right color. The more white flour I mixed in the darker the chocolate got. Crazy! My Husband said they tasted good, but don’t look like red velvet. Here’s what they looked like last week!
See no red! So this week, I bought red dye paste and presto, red velvet pancakes were born. Since I was bringing this to the Sunday Supper table to serve, I had to make more than 6 pancakes so I upped the recipe and got 16 beautiful pancakes.
I also decided since it is for Valentine’s Day that heart shape pancakes would be perfect! I took the not so pretty pancakes, and cut out heart shapes with my cookie cutter. So cute! They are sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face that you serve them too!
I really feel for the topping that maple syrup is not needed, but for red velvet you need a creamy cream cheese frosting. You can make the frosting as thick or as thin as you like, by adding more milk for thinner frosting or more powdered sugar for thicker frosting. I made mine in the middle. I couldn’t stop dipping the pancakes in the frosting, so good!
I have to admit to you, this is the first time I ever made anything red velvet and I love it! I never even ate red velvet anything. I did try a piece of cake once, and my friends said the cake was not good, so don’t count it towards the red velvet experience. I am looking forward to experimenting with the whole red velvet phase.
A light and fluffy pancake made with greek yogurt and whole wheat flour.
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Greek Yogurt, plain
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup. non-fat milk
- 1/4 tsp. white vinegar
- 1/4 tsp. red dye paste (food safe)
- 1 1/2 cup whole what pastry flour
- 2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1tsp. baking soda
- 4 tbsp. powdered sugar
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 2 oz cream cheese, fat free, room temperature
- 2 tbsp. powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp. non fat milk
Instructions
- In a small bowl, add milk and vinegar; set a side for a few minutes.
- In a medium bowl add greek yogurt, egg whites, vanilla extract and milk and vinegar mixture; mix until combined. Add flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, powdered sugar and salt, mix until combined. Set a side.
- In a small - medium bowl, add cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and milk. Beat until creamy smooth. Add more milk, for a thinner frosting, add more sugar for a thicker frosting.
- Place a little less than 1/4 cup batter on to a medium hot skillet or griddle, cook until bubbles appear and flip pancake, approx 2 minutes per side.
- To keep pancakes warm, heat oven to 200F and place cooked pancakes onto a baking sheet and place in the oven until ready to eat.
- Frost pancakes with cream cheese frosting. To make a heart shape pancake, I took a cookie cutter and cut out the shape.
Notes
Calories per 4 pancakes including frosting: 273.2, Fat: 2, Cholesterol: 2.5, Sodium: 472, Potassium: 198, Carbs: 52.9, Fiber: 6.9, Sugar: 15, Protein: 15
I’m pretty happy with these pancakes! I will definitely make them again! I honestly can’t get over how smooth they are and my family just loved them!!
Be sure to check out what everyone else made for their Sunday Supper! I just love Valentine’s Day goodies! So fun!
Have a good day!
Toodles,
Jennifer
P.S. Here is a picture of the inside of the pancakes. I get a lot of requests to show these pictures!
#SundaySupper Valentine’s Day Breakfasts, Apps & Main Dishes:
- Asparagus, Clam & Bay Shrimp Pasta from Galactopdx
- Bacon Double Cheese Burger Bites from In the Kitchen with KP
- Cheese Stuffed Cannelloni from Curious Cuisiniere
- Fried Heart Pizza from Mooshu Jenne
- Garlic Shrimp Bruschetta from MarocMama
- Green Olive, Goat Cheese & Basil Crostini from Hip Foodie Mom
- Indian Shrimp Pulao from Soni’s Food
- Individual Beef “Phyll-ingtons” from Cupcakes & Kale Chips
- Ranch, Bacon and Cheese Crisps from Daily Dish Recipes
- Red Velvet Pancakes with Cream Cheese Frosting from Peanut Butter and Peppers
- Rissóis de Camarão | Portuguese Shrimp Dumplings from Family Foodie
- Spicy Red Cabbage Quiche | Veggie Quiche Recipe from Masala Herb
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- Banana Cream Napoleon from Food Lust People Love
- Brown Butter M&M Cookies from Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
- Brown Butter Rolo Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies from Damn Delicious
- Cherry Pie Hearts from Home Cooking Memories
- Chocolate Baumkuchen from Webicurean
- Chocolate Bread Pudding from La Cocina de Leslie
- Chocolate Chip Banana Cake with Baileys Banana Cream Sauce from The Lovely Pantry
- Chocolate Covered Bacon from I Run For Wine
- Chocolate Covered Stuffed Strawberries from Country Girl in the Village
- Chocolate Mousse from Mom, What’s For Dinner?
- Chocolate Roll filled with Nutella Cream from Basic N Delicious
- Chocolate Truffles from The Wimpy Vetegarian
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- Cinnamon Sugar Tortillas with Chocolate Sauce from The Roxx Box
- Coconut Sweetheart Cookies from Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
- Coeur a la Creme from That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Cream Cheese Mints from Simply Gourmet
- Dark Chocolate Pomegranate Mousse with Coconut Cream from Sue’s Nutrition Buzz
- Dark Chocolate Raspberry Torte from Kelly Bakes
- Deliciously Baked & Festively Glazed Mini-Donuts from Mangoes and Chutney
- #GlutenFree Chocolate Almond Cloudless Cake from Cooking Underwriter
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- Homemade Cherry Mash Candies from Juanita’s Cocina
- Maple-Date Bars from Diabetic Foodie
- Meyer Lemon Marmalade from Shockingly Delicious
- Mini Samoa Bundt Cakes from She Likes Ruffles, He Likes Truffles
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- Raspberry Custard Tart from Kudos Kitchen
- Raw Fudge Love from Mama’s Blissful Bites
- Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Red Velvet French Macarons with White Chocolate Cream Cheese Filling from The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
- Red Velvet Fudge from What Smells So Good?
- Red Velvet Ice Cream Sandwiches from Cravings of a Lunatic
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- Strawberry Shortcake! from The Foodie Army Wife
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- Bloody Raspberry Cocktail from My Cute Bride
- Strawberry Gin Fizz from girlichef
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The color is definitely hard to get right. But, looks like you got it! They look so tasty!
Thanks Stephanie!! You inspired me!
Great tips, Jennifer. Nice to know that I need to use red gel instead of the liquid kind I use for my red velvet cupcakes. Very much appreciate that your goodies have good-for-you Greek yogurt =)
Your recipe is going to make Auntie K very popular with her nieces and nephews. Thank you!
Thank you! Yes the paste or gel works better than the dye for sure! I hope your Auntie K likes them!
Oh I have never tried adding greek yogurt to pancakes before but I love the idea. I am meant to make pancakes this morning so I might give it a try today.
I love greek yogurt in pancakes! It’s my favorite way to have them!
I was going to make heart shaped pancakes for Valentine’s Day but now I HAVE to make these delicious red velvet ones! YUM!
Ahhh Thanks Hezzi! You can’t go wrong with heart shapes!
Hi – I have a big family – does it work to just double the recipe? We have 9 in our family – 5 of whom are boys with large appetites! thanks
Hi! With 5 boys I’d probably triple the recipe!
But yes it works if you double it!! If you try it let me know what you think!
Ohhh boy! I am soooooo making these! Thanks for the decedent yet light pancakes! I tries your pistachio ones and loved the recipe with Greek yogurt! Can’t wait to have these!
Thanks Sophie! If you make them, let me know what you think!
Oooo your pancake look great! This is a fun and yummy way to start off Valentines Day. I like the heart shapes too.
Thanks Shannon! I had fun with the heart shapes!
Yum! They look great – and I love that you use greek yogurt in the recipe.
Thanks Amanda! I use any excuse to sneak in greek yogurt in my meals!!
These are seriously making me hungry this morning. They look fantastic!
Thanks Conni!!!
Until you find the right dye, the color in red velvet is challenging. Mine turned out ugly pink until I switched to paste. These sound delicious!
I have to agree! It was tough! I went through a lot of bottles of dyes until I figured out paste would work better!!
My husband had some red velvet pancakes when we were on vacation in Hawaii. They were no where near a healthy version like these. Now this is something I would make for him instead of those. Thanks for sharing it!
I now want to fly to Hawaii and get pancakes!!! Such a great excuse to go to Hawaii!! I wonder if my Husband would by that reason??
I love the idea of adding Greek yogurt to pancakes, and love, love, love these red velvet ones. I love all foods with ‘Red Velvet’ in their name…
I know I have to agree! Red Velvet anything would be good!
I am seeing red velvet pancakes for the first time – what a perfect time of year for anything red velvet.
I love red velvet cake and yogurt pancakes so this sounds like an awesome combo to me!
Now these are pancakes that are drool worthy. Thank you for sharing the tip about the color – I am going to have to make these !
Thanks Megan, that’s sweet! he he
these sound so good!!!
Thanks Katie!!
We are both thinking red velvet today. I love it girl!! And now I want to go make red velvet pancakes next…
Loved your red velvet brownies! They look amazing!
Pancakes made with whole wheat pastry flour are the best! Thanks so much for including nutritional info – I’ll definitely need that when I make these
Your welcome! I try to add the nutrition whenever I can! I love ww pastry flour in my baked goods and pancakes!
I bet these taste fantastic, I’ve never used yogurt in pancakes!
I love using greek yogurt in pancakes! I make all of my pancakes with it! My Husband who hates yogurt loves my pancakes and when I tell him there is yogurt in it, he’s shocked!
Ooh these look so soft and fluffy!!I love the cute heart shapes and the lovely red color they have
Perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Thanks Soni! I love the heart shape ones!
Yum – love fluffy pancakes. I made red velvet pancakes this week too!
You did? I’ll have to go and check it out!
I love these! I also have red-colored things on the brain. Tomorrow I’m actually posting a recipe for Valentine’s Day Beet Cupcakes. Using beets in those was so successful that now I’m curious about adding some beets to your recipe. Hmm. Will have to go experiment!
Ohhh, I bet beets would be good for coloring and I would imagine you wouldn’t really taste the flavor of the beets!
Red velvet anything is always a winner in my book! I have been dying to try red velvet pancakes…and with cream cheese drizzle on top? Ohhhh yes!
I just discovered red velvet this year and I love it! It’s so Valentines!
Oh my, what a special treat! Great V-day recipe.
Thanks Miranda!
These pancakes looks delicious! Perfect for Valentine’s Day breakfast!
Thanks Medeja! My family was really happy with them, especially when I surprised them with the heart shape ones!
Oh my goodness! I love these! I wish I saw this earlier. . I could have made these for breakfast! Love it and love the heart shaped ones too!
my kids would love those!
Thanks Alice! I thought it would be fun to cut them out instead of trying to make the pancake in a mold! It’s fun to eat the scraps!
My husband is the biggest fan of pancakes in the world, this is a nice twist to try.
Thanks! I like them and i like that they are a little healthier too!
What a perfect Valentines Day Breakfast
Thanks Angie!
Good call on the cream cheese frosting. Lovely, decadent red velvet pancakes deserve no less as a topping. These look absolutely perfect!
Thanks Nancy! I love the frosting on these!
These look and sound fantastic!!! Happy Valentine’s Day to you and your family ~ Bea
Thanks Bea! Happy V-day to you and your family!
great way to start the day, Jennifer!
Those look so very good!!! Hope you had a great Valentine’s Day!!
Thanks Tara! Valentine’s day was ok, but we celebrated over the weekend, which was nice. I hope yours was good one too!!