Fast Desserts Recipes - Chocolate Pancakes with Choc-Cherry Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 cup (125 g) self raising flour

• 1/4 cup (30 g) cocoa  powder

• 1/4 cup (60 g) caster  sugar

• 2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

• 1 1/3 cups (330 ml) milk

• 1 egg, lightly beaten

• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

• 40 g butter, chopped

• 6 scoops vanilla ice

Sauce

• 425 g can pitted black cherries

• 100 ml cream

• 200 g dark chocolate, chopped into even sized pieces

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Method:

1. To make the sauce, rain the cherries, reserving 2 tablespoons of the syrup. Place the cream and chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Bring a saucepan of water to the boil, then remove the pan from the heat. Sit the bowl over the pan, making sure the base of the bowl does not sit in the water. Stir occasionally until the chocolate has melted and combined with the ream. Stir in the cherries and  served syrup. Keep  arm.

2. To make the pancakes, sift the flour and cocoa into a bowl and stir in the sugar and bicarbonate of soda. Make a well in the centre and gradually add the combined milk, egg and vanilla, mixing until smooth.

3. Melt some of the butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Pour 1/3 cup (80 ml) of the batter into the pan and swirl gently to make a 12 cm pancake. Cook for 1-2 minutes, or until bubbles form on the surface and the underside is golden brown. 

4. Turn over and cook for 30 seconds more, or until golden. Transfer to a plate and keep warm. Repeat with the remaining batter to make five more pancakes, adding more butter as needed.

5. Place a scoop of ice cream on one half of each pancake and fold the other half over. Drizzle with the sauce and serve immediately.