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Thick and fluffy Red Velvet Pancakes are the perfect, simple breakfast for Valentine’s Day!
Ingredients & Supplies Needed for Red Velvet Pancakes
- red velvet cake mix
- flour
- sugar
- baking powder
- eggs
- milk
- electric griddle
- bowl, whisk, spatula
Recipe Tips & Notes
- This recipe starts with a red velvet cake mix, which I love! As I’ve said beforemanytimes, I love that you know what you’re getting with a cake mix. When you use a cake mix, you know you’ll get a soft, moist, and flavorful result that you can recreate again and again.
- I used a Duncan Hines 15.25 ounce red velvet cake mix. You can use a different brand, but be aware that cake mixes do vary slightly in volume. There shouldn’t be a huge difference, but feel free to add a little extra milk to your batter if you use a bigger cake mix and the batter seems too thick.
- These are really good with maple syrup, but I think it’s fun to drizzle a little melted cream cheese frosting over the pancakes and add heart sprinkles.
Red Velvet Pancakes & Cream Cheese Icing
Yield: 12 pancakes
Rich and fluffy, these cream cheese glazed red velvet pancakes are the sweetest way to wake up on Valentine's Day!
Ingredients
For the Pancakes:
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour2 cups red velvet cake mix1 Tablespoon sugar3/4 teaspoon baking powderpinch of salt2 large eggs1 teaspoon vanilla extract1-3/4 cups milk
For the Cream Cheese Icing:
- 4 oz.cream cheese, softened1/4 cup butter, softened2 cups powdered sugar1/4 cup milk (plus more depending on the desired consistency)splash of vanilla
Instructions
Whisk together the flour, sugar, cake mix, baking powder and salt. Mix in the eggs, vanilla, and milk, just until batter forms.
Scoop 1/4 cup batter on to lightly greased griddle (I highly recommend using an electric griddle). Cook on one side until edges look dry and bubbles on top are not sinking back in. Flip and cook on the other side. Repeat with all batter.
Make the glaze: use an electric mixer to beat together the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, mixing in between additions. Gradually add the milk and vanilla while mixing until smooth.
Add more milk if desired for consistency (read post for details).
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published on February 12, 2019
47 thoughts on “Red Velvet Pancakes Recipe”
Such deliciousness!!! Your pictures are beautiful. I am so drooling right now!
Becca @ Crumbs and Chaos
Yummy!
I would love for you to share these at the Bacon Time linky up now. I think you should also enter these wonderful pancakes in our Valentine contest starting on Monday for a chance to win. I have some Valentine pancakes that I will be sharing on Sunday. I love yours.
OMG! I guess I know what I am making for Sunday’s breakfast! So much for the diet;)
Whoa! New blog design and now designing! I will be calling you!
…..No words, Ashton.
Nothing.But um, I am drooling, if that says anything 🙂
Um, yes please. I could eat a bunch of those right now!
O.M.Y. {oh.my.yum} this does not fit into my muffintop meltdown goals!
Wow! I’d love a plate of these for Valentine’s Day!
I am a complete red velvet addict! I can never make it myself though. It always comes out metallic tasting. I have tried the beet powder too, but that just tastes like dirt. Oh well, guess I gotta leave it to the pros! This looks completely divine!
Wow! These look so rich!
these look so good, I actually saw a package for a mix at World Market today. Small world and I bet yours are way delish!
this is amazing! I love all the photos and what a great idea! so decadent and gorgeous! yum!
Oh this is just so wrong! Why would you do this to me? Oh craving it now!!!
These just leaves me speechless!! Wow! OMG! I am a red velvet lover, and I have restricted myself to once a year, at Christmas!! But oh my…….visiting from Sweet for a saturday.
I’m at a loss of words…………… I will be making these for my Hubs on V-day. Your pictures make me drool!
Definitely need to make these!
-caroline @ c.w.frosting
can you say DELISH….with a side of YUM YUM in the TUM TUM!!
yummy! what a healthy breakfast 😉 thanks for sharing
Great idea for Valentine’s Day! You could even make the pancakes heart shaped for some added fun!
Red velvet cupcakes is the newest addition to our families Christmas morning traditions. I absolutely love this. Pinned!
I want to eat those pancakes. I joined your site for more good food recipes. I’m getting hungry!!!
Holly @ Down to Earth StyleSaw your post on tipjunkie and too cute tuesday and had to stop by. Following you now from http://craftgeekjj.blogspot.com
these look so super yummy love the fact that they are red perfect for valentines day come see what I shared at http://shopannies.blogspot.com
Oh God, why did I look. I am going to be dreaming about these.
Ummm… Yes, please!! Those look phenomenal!!
Love the color! So pretty for Valentines! Thanks for sharing at Mrs Foxs Sweet Party 🙂
How perfect for Valentines morning! Thank you so much for linking up to “Strut Your Stuff Saturday.” We hope you’ll be back to share more ideas with us next Saturday. -The Sisters
OMG, now my New Year’s resolutions are definitely shot! Delightfully sinful!!
Super cute idea, perfect for a Valentine’s breakfast in bed!
OMG I have to try this! Everyone in my family loves red velvet cake! In fact, my wedding cake was a red velvet cake. Thanks so much for sharing!
oh….my….word….I have to have those!!! I love this post! I found you on Tip Junkie! I would like to invite you to share this post with our readers for Fun Stuff Fridays. http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2012/01/fun-stuff-fridays-7.html
Pancakes from a cake mix??? Yes, please!!! These are so fun and so perfect for Valentines Day!!! Thank you for sharing with Trick or Treat Tuesday!!!
Pinned it! Love this idea. I’ve been looking around for pancake type dessert recipes and this one is so CUTE!
Red Velvet in a pancake?! You’re killing me! Yum!
Omg!! I made these today! They were awsome only mine burned a little 🙂
Yay! So glad you liked them!
Really really good. Tastes just as good as the pictures look. This is the 2nd time this week I’m making these.
Just made these for breakfast and OMG they were amazing! Thanks for the simple and excellent recipe!
Does anyone know how many pancakes this recipe makes? I would love to make them, but I don’t know if I should plan to save some or not.
Thanks!These look delish! Do they do OK if the batter is made the night before?
I actually usually advise against making batter the night before for pancakes and waffles. The baking soda in the mix will activate when you mix the batter, releasing the gas that makes the pancakes fluffy. If you mix it up too far in advanced, the gas will all be released (and let out as soon as you touch the batter the next morning) which means the pancakes won’t be as fluffy.
I know that sounds super geeky, but basically what I’m saying is: if you mix the batter the night before, you risk losing fluffiness. It won’t be the end of the world… but you’ll lose fluffiness 🙂
I made these this morning for my kids – they were a huge hit! Super easy and yummy – thank you!
Just reporting that I made these for Valentine’s Day morning and my husband actually tried – and LIKED – them! Thanks for the great tip about not preparing them the night before!
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