Hotcakes for dinner
I made some delicious hotcakes tonight – first time making hotcakes with buttermilk! Buttermilk is not butter and you’ll be surprised that it’s lower in fat than sweet milk. Actually I’ve never bought buttermilk until today (it tastes like sour milk, if you are wondering). The husband was craving for sweet hotcakes last night and asked if we could have them for dinner today.
He bought two tubs of his favourite Häagen-Dazs Rum & Raisin Ice cream this evening. So yeah I only ate desserts for dinner haha.
They are super fluffy, light and tasty!! I ate way too many! We had Häagen-Dazs Rum & Raisin Ice cream (his favourite) and strawberries on top. Delicious. I was also planning to add some chocolate chips to some of the batter, but I totally forgot!! I will try ricotta cheese hotcakes next time. We are keeping some hotcakes for tomorrow’s breakfast. And as I am typing this, the husband is having another hotcake. I wonder whether there will be any left by tomorrow! hehe
I felt so fresh this morning because I slept so early last night — 10 pm!
And I wasn’t in any hurry because I had already prepared today’s lunch the night before! I’m sleeping early tonight because tomorrow morning is my running day. Waking up at 6 am.
If you need the recipe for the hotcakes here you go.
Hotcakes
Ingredients (makes about 10 hand-sized hotcakes)
* Picture above not showing all the ingredients used
- 190g (1 1/4cups) self-raising flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 2 tbs caster sugar
- 250mls (1 cup) buttermilk
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 45g butter, melted, cooled
- Butter or oil spray or oil for cooking
- Vanilla essence
- Vanilla ice-cream, to serve
- 80mls (1/3 cup) golden syrup
Method
Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium mixing bowl. Stir in the caster sugar. Combine the buttermilk, eggs, vanilla and melted butter in a jug. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients. Pour in the milk mixture and use a whisk to mix to a smooth batter. Pour into a jug.
Melt 1/2 tsp of the extra butter in a small non-stick frying pan over medium-low heat. Pour 1/4 of the batter (about 1/2 cup) into the pan and cook for 2-3 minutes or until small bubbles appear on the surface. Turn over and cook for 1 minute or until golden and cooked through. Remove from the pan and keep warm. Repeat with the remaining butter and hotcake batter.
Place the hotcakes on serving Plates. Top with a scoop of ice-cream and drizzle with the golden syrup. Serve immediately.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:03 am
Hotcakes and pancakes are the same, right?
I love the picture with the hotcake, strawberries and scoop of ice cream ^^
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May 13th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Some say it’s the same and others say they are different. To me they are different coz when I make my pancakes I make them thinner and bigger so that they can be easily rolled. To me, hotcakes are fluffier and smaller :) ‘
That’s just my way of differentiating them haha. But I think the ingredients are almost the same. I’ve just never used buttermilk when I made my pancakes before. How about you?
May 13th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Thanks for sharing the hot cakes recipe. I will have to try this out one of these days for breakfast! :D
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May 13th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
I usually associate pancakes to those very thin crepes that you can fill with sweet or savory stuffing and wrap.
Hotcakes remind me of Canadian or American pancakes that you eat with syrups mostly :P I think they’re also called griddle cakes.
I have never made hotcakes before but I’ve eaten those when I was in Canada. I mostly make thin crepes but I wanna try those hotcakes someday. I don’t know if I’ll find buttermilk here though. Any substitution for buttermilk?
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May 13th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
According to http://whatscookingamerica.net/Q-A/Buttermilk.htm
TO EACH CUP OF WARMED MILK, ADD:
1 1/2 Tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
OR
1 1/3 tablespoons of cider vinegar
OR
2/3 cup plain yogurt plus 1/3 cup milk
OR
1 3/4 tablespoons cream of tartar
STIR WELL
Allow this mixture to set while putting the rest of the ingredients for the recipe together. Allowing the milk to set will give it time to thicken. The soured milk should have the consistency of buttermilk or yogurt.
If the recipe only calls for 1/2 cup of buttermilk…it is best to ‘sour’ a whole cup of milk for a more even consistency. Just refrigerate the leftover soured milk and try using it for buttermilk pancakes the next day! Milk that you have soured will keep in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. Place in a tightly covered container.
If using skimmed milk, 1%, 2%, or evaporated milk when souring the milk….the consistency might be a little less thick than buttermilk or yogurt. If that proves to be the case, try using just a little less of the soured milk to the recipe so there will still be the proper consistency needed for a particular recipe.
May 13th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Wow that was a quick reply :D Thxx
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May 13th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
I will try this substitute next time and see how different it turns out. Gotta finish my left-over buttermilk first :)
May 15th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
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May 16th, 2009 at 8:37 am
They are definitely called pancakes in Canada and USA. They are usually eaten with maple syrup. And in Canada, crêpe is called crepe pronounced à l’anglaise.
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May 16th, 2009 at 9:33 am
I wonder where the term “hotcake” comes. MacDonald sells hotcakes during breakfast.
May 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
I think it’s a culture thing. There are some cars that are sold under different model names in Canada.
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