James wants chocolate-cake pancakes. No, not pancake batter with
chocolate added, but he wants to see if chocolate cake batter will cook
up as pancakes. We'll see. If the first few don't come out well, I'll
bake the rest of the batter as a cake.

I'm using Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe:
http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/reci...ail.asp?id=184

Serene
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On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:49:56 -0800, Serene Vannoy
> wrote:

>James wants chocolate-cake pancakes. No, not pancake batter with
>chocolate added, but he wants to see if chocolate cake batter will cook
>up as pancakes. We'll see. If the first few don't come out well, I'll
>bake the rest of the batter as a cake.
>
>I'm using Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe:
>http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/reci...ail.asp?id=184
>
>Serene

I think I'd add just a little more milk than the recipe calls for.

Have you made them yet? Anxious to find out how it worked.
I love adventurous cooking.

koko
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koko wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:49:56 -0800, Serene Vannoy
> > wrote:
>
>> James wants chocolate-cake pancakes. No, not pancake batter with
>> chocolate added, but he wants to see if chocolate cake batter will cook
>> up as pancakes. We'll see. If the first few don't come out well, I'll
>> bake the rest of the batter as a cake.
>>
>> I'm using Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe:
>> http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/reci...ail.asp?id=184
>>
>> Serene
>
> I think I'd add just a little more milk than the recipe calls for.
>
> Have you made them yet? Anxious to find out how it worked.
> I love adventurous cooking.

I did make them -- two for me, three for James, and the rest are in the
oven baking as a loaf cake. They were good; a little flimsy compared to
regular pancakes, but they were doable, and James really liked them (I
put raspberry syrup on his -- well, actually, just some of Barb's
raspberry jam heated up. He loves chocolate and raspberry together.)

Serene

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In article >,
Serene Vannoy > wrote:

> James wants chocolate-cake pancakes. No, not pancake batter with
> chocolate added, but he wants to see if chocolate cake batter will cook
> up as pancakes. We'll see. If the first few don't come out well, I'll
> bake the rest of the batter as a cake.
>
> I'm using Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe:
> http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/reci...ail.asp?id=184
>
> Serene

Let us know. :-)
It sounds interesting, and theoretically feasible?
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In article >,
Serene Vannoy > wrote:

> > Have you made them yet? Anxious to find out how it worked.
> > I love adventurous cooking.
>
> I did make them -- two for me, three for James, and the rest are in the
> oven baking as a loaf cake. They were good; a little flimsy compared to
> regular pancakes, but they were doable, and James really liked them (I
> put raspberry syrup on his -- well, actually, just some of Barb's
> raspberry jam heated up. He loves chocolate and raspberry together.)
>
> Serene

Wonder how that'd work as waffles? :-)
They tend to cook up a bit crispier.

I'm fixin' to raid that box of jam I bought from Barb' earlier this year
to make up some Christmas boxes for the Chiropractors office and the
Physical therapy office.

You bet tho' that some of the Raspberry stuff is staying _here_ tho'!
Rare and precious and it does indeed go well with chocolate. <g>
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"Serene Vannoy" > wrote in message
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> koko wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:49:56 -0800, Serene Vannoy
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> James wants chocolate-cake pancakes. No, not pancake batter with
>>> chocolate added, but he wants to see if chocolate cake batter will cook
>>> up as pancakes. We'll see. If the first few don't come out well, I'll
>>> bake the rest of the batter as a cake.
>>>
>>> I'm using Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe:
>>> http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/reci...ail.asp?id=184
>>>
>>> Serene
>>
>> I think I'd add just a little more milk than the recipe calls for. Have
>> you made them yet? Anxious to find out how it worked. I love adventurous
>> cooking.
>
> I did make them -- two for me, three for James, and the rest are in the
> oven baking as a loaf cake. They were good; a little flimsy compared to
> regular pancakes, but they were doable, and James really liked them (I put
> raspberry syrup on his -- well, actually, just some of Barb's raspberry
> jam heated up. He loves chocolate and raspberry together.)
>
> Serene
>
> --
> 42 Magazine, celebrating life with meaning. Issue 2 is here!
> http://42magazine.com
>
> "I tend to come down on the side of autonomy. Once people are grown up, I
> believe they have the right to go to hell in the handbasket of their
> choosing." -- Pat Kight, on alt.polyamory
>
>
How about making plain old pancakes from a mix and adding chocolate chips,
even Hershey's. I'm going to try it. What kind of syrup???

Kent

Serene Vannoy wrote:
> James wants chocolate-cake pancakes. No, not pancake batter with
> chocolate added, but he wants to see if chocolate cake batter will cook
> up as pancakes. We'll see. If the first few don't come out well, I'll
> bake the rest of the batter as a cake.
>
> I'm using Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe:
> http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/reci...ail.asp?id=184
>
> Serene

I hope you report the results. That sounds like an interesting
experiment!

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Serene Vannoy wrote:
> koko wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 08:49:56 -0800, Serene Vannoy
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> James wants chocolate-cake pancakes. No, not pancake batter with
>>> chocolate added, but he wants to see if chocolate cake batter will
>>> cook up as pancakes. We'll see. If the first few don't come out well,
>>> I'll bake the rest of the batter as a cake.
>>>
>>> I'm using Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe:
>>> http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/reci...ail.asp?id=184
>>>
>>> Serene
>>
>> I think I'd add just a little more milk than the recipe calls for.
>> Have you made them yet? Anxious to find out how it worked. I love
>> adventurous cooking.
>
> I did make them -- two for me, three for James, and the rest are in the
> oven baking as a loaf cake. They were good; a little flimsy compared to
> regular pancakes, but they were doable, and James really liked them (I
> put raspberry syrup on his -- well, actually, just some of Barb's
> raspberry jam heated up. He loves chocolate and raspberry together.)
>
> Serene
>
Hmmm. I wonder how one could rectify the flimsiness?

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Kent wrote:

> How about making plain old pancakes from a mix and adding chocolate chips,
> even Hershey's. I'm going to try it. What kind of syrup???

I just heated up Barb's raspberry jam and made syrup of that. James
loves chocolate and raspberry together.

Serene

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Jean B. wrote:
> Serene Vannoy wrote:

>> I did make them -- two for me, three for James, and the rest are in
>> the oven baking as a loaf cake. They were good; a little flimsy
>> compared to regular pancakes, but they were doable, and James really
>> liked them (I put raspberry syrup on his -- well, actually, just some
>> of Barb's raspberry jam heated up. He loves chocolate and raspberry
>> together.)
>>
>> Serene
>>
> Hmmm. I wonder how one could rectify the flimsiness?

Two ideas: omit the cup of boiling water at the end of the recipe; or
use more eggs, but then they might be chocolate crepes, which wouldn't
necessarily be a bad thing.

The texture was fine in the eating; they were just hard to flip without
breaking.

Serene

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Jean B. wrote:
> Serene Vannoy wrote:
>> James wants chocolate-cake pancakes. No, not pancake batter with
>> chocolate added, but he wants to see if chocolate cake batter will
>> cook up as pancakes. We'll see. If the first few don't come out well,
>> I'll bake the rest of the batter as a cake.
>>
>> I'm using Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe:
>> http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/reci...ail.asp?id=184
>>
>> Serene
>
> I hope you report the results. That sounds like an interesting experiment!
>

He said that the texture didn't end up as he'd hope (that is, he'd kind
of hoped for the crust-of-chocolate-cake mouthfeel), but I think I'd
have to bake them in muffin-top pans to get that. But he did like them
a lot, and the cake is, of course, good, because that's the basic
chocolate cake there.

Serene

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"Serene Vannoy" > wrote in message
...
> James wants chocolate-cake pancakes. No, not pancake batter with chocolate
> added, but he wants to see if chocolate cake batter will cook up as
> pancakes. We'll see. If the first few don't come out well, I'll bake the
> rest of the batter as a cake.
>
> I'm using Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe:
> http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/reci...ail.asp?id=184

Good on you, Serene! No matter how they come out, you were willing to give
James's idea a try.

Felice

Christine Dabney wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:59:05 -0800, Serene Vannoy
> > wrote:
>
>> I just heated up Barb's raspberry jam and made syrup of that. James
>> loves chocolate and raspberry together.
>>
>> Serene
>
> He's a smart man with good taste. ) Chocolate and raspberry is a
> match made in heaven.

I hate chocolate and fruit, so I had mine without the sauce, though I do
love Barb's raspberry stuff on toast and so on. I poured the rest of the
sauce over some cottage cheese and had that for lunch.

Serene

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Felice wrote:
> "Serene Vannoy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> James wants chocolate-cake pancakes. No, not pancake batter with chocolate
>> added, but he wants to see if chocolate cake batter will cook up as
>> pancakes. We'll see. If the first few don't come out well, I'll bake the
>> rest of the batter as a cake.
>>
>> I'm using Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe:
>> http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/reci...ail.asp?id=184
>
> Good on you, Serene! No matter how they come out, you were willing to give
> James's idea a try.

Oh, we have fun with our food-science experiments. One time, he wanted
to see how it would be to pickle a bunch of small round things, so he
made pickled quail eggs, baby onions, etc. I think I took a pictu

http://pics.livejournal.com/serenejo...c/0000c7w2/g19

Serene

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"Serene Vannoy" > wrote in message
...
> Felice wrote:
>> "Serene Vannoy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> James wants chocolate-cake pancakes. No, not pancake batter with
>>> chocolate added, but he wants to see if chocolate cake batter will cook
>>> up as pancakes. We'll see. If the first few don't come out well, I'll
>>> bake the rest of the batter as a cake.
>>>
>>> I'm using Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe:
>>> http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/reci...ail.asp?id=184
>>
>> Good on you, Serene! No matter how they come out, you were willing to
>> give James's idea a try.
>
> Oh, we have fun with our food-science experiments. One time, he wanted to
> see how it would be to pickle a bunch of small round things, so he made
> pickled quail eggs, baby onions, etc. I think I took a pictu
>
> http://pics.livejournal.com/serenejo...c/0000c7w2/g19

I love the idea of pickled "round things" -- great concept! Have you done
the spice/herb sampling yet? My girls once spent most of an afternoon
tasting 50 or so of them, using a box of flat toothpicks.

Felice

Felice wrote:

> I love the idea of pickled "round things" -- great concept! Have you done
> the spice/herb sampling yet?

Nope.

> My girls once spent most of an afternoon
> tasting 50 or so of them, using a box of flat toothpicks.

Fun. Did they use anything to cleanse the palate between tastings?

Serene

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Serene Vannoy wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>> Serene Vannoy wrote:
>>> James wants chocolate-cake pancakes. No, not pancake batter with
>>> chocolate added, but he wants to see if chocolate cake batter will
>>> cook up as pancakes. We'll see. If the first few don't come out well,
>>> I'll bake the rest of the batter as a cake.
>>>
>>> I'm using Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Cake recipe:
>>> http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/reci...ail.asp?id=184
>>>
>>> Serene
>>
>> I hope you report the results. That sounds like an interesting
>> experiment!
>>
>
> He said that the texture didn't end up as he'd hope (that is, he'd kind
> of hoped for the crust-of-chocolate-cake mouthfeel), but I think I'd
> have to bake them in muffin-top pans to get that. But he did like them
> a lot, and the cake is, of course, good, because that's the basic
> chocolate cake there.
>
> Serene
>
It sounds like it would be worthwhile to tinker with this idea a bit.

--
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Serene wrote:

>> Hmmm. I wonder how one could rectify the flimsiness?
>
> Two ideas: omit the cup of boiling water at the end of the recipe; or use
> more eggs, but then they might be chocolate crepes, which wouldn't
> necessarily be a bad thing.
>
> The texture was fine in the eating; they were just hard to flip without
> breaking.

I'd add a couple tablespoons of flour and beat an extra minute to develop
the gluten further.

Bob