Cupcake Pancakes!

Finally, a food post! But wait, it's still baking! This month's Iron Cupcake Earth Challenge is "Savory." Basically, they wonder how you can get your favorite dish in a cupcake. (Later, I found out what savory means and that this doesn't exactly fit...) I LOVE breakfast. Even though I never eat it. Hmmm. Anyway, as I thought of my love for pancakes, strawberries, and whipped cream, I had this crazy idea to try baking a pancake recipe in a cupcake pan. Turns out it's not so crazy after all...after I made them I did an online search and a few others have had the same idea. (I never check before I make things...don't want it to discourage me from trying the recipe!) But I still think mine has something different to offer. Can I just tell you, this recipe turned out absolutely DELICIOUS!!! This is a very easy recipe too-perfect for a doughdough.

The cupcake tastes exactly like a pancake, just thicker. The whipping cream has maple syrup in it and tastes divine with the cupcake!

Cupcake Pancakes - adapted from America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook's pancake recipe

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 cups buttermilk

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prepare cupcake pan by spraying with non-stick cooking spray.

Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg, melted butter, and then the buttermilk.



Push the dry ingredients to the side of the bowl, leaving a hole in the middle. Pour the buttermilk mixture into the center and whisk slowly until buttermilk mixture is just mixed in. America's Test Kitchen's tip is to "mix the batter minimally" and to "stop stirring the batter when there are still streaks of flour visible."

Your batter is done...now just put about 1/3 cup in each cup of your pan. Put the pan in the oven and bake about 10 minutes on 400 degrees. At 10 minutes mine came out perfectly. I was able to tell they were done by doing the toothpick test, just like cupcakes!

Maple Syrup Whipped Cream - adapted from America's Test Kitchen's whipped cream recipe

1 cup heavy cream, chilled
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons maple syrup

Whip the cream, sugar, and vanilla in a bowl with a mixer on low speed to dissolve the sugar. Increase speed to high. Whip until soft peaks form. Add the maple syrup and whip for about 10 seconds. It took me just a few minutes total to make the "frosting."

It's a bite out of heaven!