DIY Red Velvet Pancakes!!!

So, I am in love with red velvet... I love red velvet cakes & cupcakes (and ice cream) and I'm always easily wooed by the promises of red velvet concoctions on Pinterest, Foodgawker, etc... So, I saw a red velvet pancake recipe in Food Network Magazine's 1000 Easy Recipes and I figured, I have the ingredients let me give this a shot. Now, let me say that I tried a red velvet crepes that I saw on Pinterest and the recipe FLOPPED AND I made it for some important holiday... I was so disappointed. So, I figured I'd give this recipe a try not knowing if it would come out well (yesterday's Thai Noodle salad didn't turn out to be a winner from the same book). Ok, so I made the recipe and it came out REALLY good! The balance of buttermilk and cocoa give it a really good flavor. I would highly recommend this for a special occasion, for red velvet nut jobs like me, if you ever make a cream cheese dip these would be great as another type of food for the dip to spread on (think cookie cutter shapes or just cutting them into triangle wedges)..

I just have to say that as these cooked up there was a faint aroma of red velvet and then when I put them in a bowl with lid and added the newly cooked pancakes- the aroma wafted up to my face & I swear I just wanted to bottle it. My kids had it plain- I'm going to pay for them having chocolate this early and we had it with maple syrup (but you could put cream cheese on them too). I highly recommend putting something on them because it enhances the flavor more and moistens them a little bit more.

1C- Flour
1/2C- Cocoa Powder
1/2C- Confectioner's Sugar
1 tea- B. Powder
1/2tea- B. Soda
1/2 tea- Salt
1 1/4C- Buttermilk
2 Eggs
Vanilla

and if you want to add red food coloring you can. I usually don't, but I had a small quantity in a bottle that I dumped in... They came out beautifully!

I hope you try & enjoy this recipe-- please email me with any success stories out there!!

PS- I can tell you that there is a lingering taste in my mouth that is so yummy- then again, I did say I'm a red velvet nut job, right?? :)