The Loveless Cafe's Red Velvet Pancakes

Southern Living

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 24 pancakes

Ingredients

• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 1  cup powdered sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  unsweetened cocoa
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups buttermilk
• 2  large eggs
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 2  tablespoons  red food coloring

• Sweet Cream-Cheese Butter

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1  cup butter, softened
• 3  cups powdered sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Sift together first 6 ingredients into a large bowl.
2. Whisk together buttermilk and next 3 ingredients in another bowl.
3. Gradually stir buttermilk mixture into flour mixture just until dry ingredients are moistened.
4. Pour about 1/4 cup batter for each pancake onto a hot buttered griddle (350°) or large nonstick skillet.
5. Cook pancakes 3-4 minutes or until tops are covered with bubbles and edges look dry and cooked.
6. Turn and cook 3-4 minutes or until done.
7. Place pancakes in a single layer on a baking sheet, and keep warm in a 200° oven up to 30 minutes.
8. Sweet Cream-Cheese Butter--beat cream cheese and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
9. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until blended after each addition.
10. Add vanilla, beating until blended.
11. Serve pancakes with Sweet Cream-Cheese Butter.