Topped with a brown butter butterscotch chocolate fudge sauce. As if coffee + pancake wasn’t good enough! Once upon a time, I used to be able to drink four shots of espresso in one go, any time of day, and still sleep soundly at night. But weirdly enough, as I grew older, four shots of espresso meant serious shakes and a brain buzz. Benjamin Button anyone? (Brownie points if you get the reference! 🙂 ) I can never give up on caffeine though. It has gotten me through many tough days as a student, particularly, close to exam time. Especially since I was the kind of student who left everything to the last minute and then in a blurry panic, attempted to study an year’s worth of notes over one weekend. I owe it to caffeine as much as anything else for getting through school relatively unscathed. So if you’re familiar around these parts, you would know that I’m a big caffeine junkie and I find any excuse to incorporate coffee in to my recipes. From date scones (with coffee!), coffee shortbread cookies, coffee cake and coffee donuts, to coffee flan, coffee eclairs, and coffee popsicles and much more, I have caffeinated all kinds of stuff! And this time, pancakes were in my crosshairs!
Why I love these coffee pancakes
These coffee pancakes are so light, fluffy, and delicious. Plus, coffee + pancakes = brilliant start to your day! The coffee gives these pancakes an amazing depth of flavour, without being overpowering. But I didn’t stop there. I paired them with a wonderful raspberry and peach compote, because that fruity sweetness cuts through any bitterness you may get from the coffee. The result is a great balance of flavours and an indulgent breakfast with a caffeine boost. You can’t go wrong with this one! Waffles and pancakes, surprisingly, were never quite big in my family when I was growing up. We loved eating French crepes, but pancakes never made regular appearances in our house. But once I discovered the potential of homemade pancake mix (that were made from scratch), I never looked back. And of course it was only too easy to convince Mr K as well, after all those times he had made pancakes using store-bought pancake mix! Seriously, pancakes made from scratch taste heaps better, PLUS it’s not that hard at all to make them!
Fruit compote
You can use any kind of fruit compote you like for this recipe. It will pair deliciously well with the coffee pancakes. I chose peaches and raspberries because I love the combo of those two fruits – perfectly sweet and tart at the same time. For a few more ideas check out these apple compote, passion fruit and mango compote, and strawberry compote recipes. And top it with any kind of syrup you like – pancake syrup, maple syrup, honey, whatever! My choice of course was my Brown Butter Butterscotch Chocolate Fudge Sauce! We are talking indulgent and addictive here folks. I’m taking it to a whole new level with this combo. I strongly (and naturally) recommend it! 🙂 These pancakes are so fluffy and light. They have the perfect balance of bitterness and sweetness (which you can adjust to your liking), and they pair so well with the fruit compote. The only thing missing for me was bacon! Yep, that’s the one thing that would make this even better! 🙂 Coffee pancakes, together with the raspberry and peach compote and the toasty butterscotch sauce – they don’t come better than that too often! This would be perfect as brunch on weekends, or my favourite – as brinner! Yep, I’m a huge advocate for breakfast for dinner! Besides, pancakes + big glass of wine? It just makes perfect sense. You could leave out the coffee if you prefer regular pancakes, but I would definitely urge you to try them with the coffee. The coffee just perks up all the flavours in here. Don’t want to make fruit compote? No problem. Try some fresh fruits instead. How about raspberries and banana? Finally, I’m going to leave you with this picture. And hope it makes you want to make pancakes right now! Sorrynotsorry. If you liked this recipe don’t forget to subscribe for new (and free) recipes and updates by entering your email address below or in the box on the side-bar (and get all these recipes delivered straight to your inbox), so you don’t miss out on a thing. You can find me on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, PINTEREST and GOOGLE-PLUS too.
