Fluffy Tiramisu Vegan Pancakes
Ingredients
Vegan Pancakes
- 130 g all purpose flour or spelt flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp sugar
- ⅓ tsp salt
- 1 cup oat milk, room temperature
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1-2 tsp espresso powder or instant coffee granules
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp oil
Vegan ''Mascarpone Cream''
- ⅓ cup + 1 tbsp vegan whipping cream
- 150 g vegan cream cheese, room temperature
- ¾ cup powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- ½ tsp ceylon cinnamon
Garnish
- 1-2 shots espresso, cooled the amount depends on how thoroughly you want to soak the pancakes
- raw cacao powder or unsweetened cocoa powder
- cacao nibs
Instructions
Pancakes
- Start by whisking together all of the dry ingredients in a medium sized mixing bowl.
- Take your one cup measuring cup and add 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar. Fill up the remainder of the measuring cup with oat milk. Mix and let sit for 5 minutes.
- Pour the milk mixture into a small mixing bowl. Add the rest of the wet ingredients in the small mixing bowl. Mix to combine.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix to combine but do not over mix! This is very important to get light and fluffy pancakes. The batter should be on the thicker side and can have a bit of lumps left. This also helps the pancakes be fluffier.
- Let the pancake batter rest for 10 minutes or so.
- Heat up a pan on the stove on medium heat. Use oil or vegan butter to fry your pancakes.
- Ladle pancake batter into the pan and flip when it's bubbling. Be very gentle when you flip the pancakes so you don't burst all of the air bubbles, as this also helps the pancakes be taller. Cook the pancakes until they're golden brown.
Vegan Mascarpone Cream
- With a hand mixer whip the vegan whipping cream in a mixing bowl until rather stiff peaks have formed.
- When you've achieved rather stiff peaks, add the cream cheese, cinnamon and vanilla and mix again until combined.
- Sift in the powdered sugar, and mix until just combined.
- Taste and adjust if needed.
Assembling a Tiramisu Pancake Stack
- If you want to avoid a melty mess, wait until the pancakes have cooled otherwise the heat from the freshly cooked pancakes will melt the mascarpone cream.
- Take one pancake, drizzle espresso over the pancake.
- Next, spread some mascarpone cream over the pancake as if you're frosting a cake.
- Take another pancake and place it on top. Repeat the process, drizzle espresso over the pancake and then apply mascarpone cream.
- On the top of the pancake stack, dust cocoa powder over the whole stack to make a delicious chocolate coating. Sprinkle cacao nibs on top for garnish as well if you wish. I think they make a tasty addition as they add crunch but also more flavour which I find makes a good substitute for the alcohol that isn't included in this recipe.
- These are best enjoyed fresh but are delicious as leftovers as well, but if you are saving any leftovers, save the ingredients unassembled, mascarpone cream separate from the pancakes.
- Enjoy these dreamy pancakes!! I know I sure did :)