Chocolate Griddle Cakes
Total Time: 45 mins
Preparation Time: 45 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 7 ounces fine-quality bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped (not unsweetened)
- 1/2 cup dutch-process unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 whole large eggs
- 1 large egg yolk
- 3/4 cup well-shaken buttermilk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- unsalted butter, for greasing griddle
Recipe
- 1 make sauce:.
- 2 bring cream to a boil in a 1-quart saucepan, then pour hot cream over chocolate in a bowl, gently whisking until smooth. keep warm or at room temperature.
- 3 make griddle cakes:.
- 4 sift together cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl, then whisk in eggs, yolk, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla until combined well.
- 5 heat a griddle or nonstick skillet over moderately low heat and lightly coat with butter.
- 6 working in batches of 2 or 3, pour 1/4 cup batter per cake onto hot griddle and cook until bubbles appear on surface, 1 to 2 minutes. flip cakes with a large spatula and cook until tops spring back when pressed gently, about 1 minute more. transfer to a plate and loosely cover with foil to keep warm. add 1/2 teaspoon butter to griddle between batches.
- 7 serve cakes in stacks, topped with chocolate sauce.
- 8 gourmet, january 2004.
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