Description
These vegan ube pancakes are a great way to kick off the weekend! Soft, fluffy, and packed with delicious ube flavor, and topped with homemade ube syrup along with vibrant tropical fruit!
Ingredients
Scale
Ube syrup:
- 1 can (320g) – coconut condensed milk
- 1 tablespoon – ube extract
Pancakes:
- 1 ¼ cup (300g) – non-dairy milk, I used soy
- 1 tablespoon – apple cider vinegar (sub for white vinegar/fresh lemon juice, not from concentrate)
- ⅓ cup (90g) – frozen grated ube, defrosted, see notes for substitutions
- 1 tablespoon – ube extract
- 1 ½ (225g) – all-purpose flour, fluffed, spooned, and leveled
- 2 teaspoons – of baking powder
- ¼ cup (80g) – granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon (3g) – salt
- 1 tablespoon (15g) – vegetable oil or any neutral oil
- Optional toppings: Vegan-friendly ube halaya, dragonfruit, fresh mango, banana
Equipment:
- Food scale, highly recommend
- Mixing bowls
- Whisk
- Rubber spatula
- Thin spatula
- Large frying pan or griddle
- Sharp knife
- Chopping board
Instructions
Ube Syrup
- In a small bowl, combine the coconut condensed milk and ube extract, and mix until well combined. Set aside until ready to serve!
Pancakes:
- Make the buttermilk. In a small bowl, combine the non-dairy milk and apple cider vinegar. Set aside to curdle.
- In another mixing bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.
- Mix the wet ingredients. In the same bowl as the buttermilk, add the grated ube, ube extract, and oil. Mix until well combined.
- Make the batter. Next, pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until JUST combined. LUMPS ARE OKAY! Do not over-mix.
- Cook the pancakes. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium-high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/3 cup for each pancake. Allow the pancakes to cook until the bubbles rise to the surface and burst, and the edges start to set. About 1 to 2 minutes.
- Carefully flip with a thin spatula, and continue to cook until browned on the underside, 1 to 2 minutes more. Transfer the cooked pancakes to a baking sheet or platter and continue to cook the rest batter. Serve warm, pour the homemade ube syrup, and with your desired toppings.
Notes
- Measure your flour properly. A common reason baked goods fail is incorrectly measured flour. I always recommend using a scale for accuracy when baking. This greatly improves your chance for success and lessens room for error. My recipes are 100% tested in grams.
- If you’re measuring by cups, avoid scooping the measuring cup directly into the flour. This tends to pack the flour into the cup, resulting in too much flour and a very dense or gummy finished product. Instead, aerate your flour (fluff it with a fork or spoon) and then spoon it into your measuring cups, leveling it with your finger or the back of a butter knife. Keep in mind though, that this method is not guaranteed to be accurate.
- Watch this video from King Arthur on how to properly measure your flour if you don’t have a food scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUSovVHpqsU
- Substitutes for grated ube
- Vegan-friendly ube halaya https://amzn.to/3Op8DAI
- Powdered ube https://amzn.to/3mVBXTN
- You can find these at your local Filipino store, or at any Asian Supermarket.
- If using ube halaya. Replace the grated ube with the same measurement/amount, and reduce the sugar to 2 tablespoons.
- If using powdered ube. Combine 3 tablespoons of ube powder with 1/2 cup of hot water in a small saucepan. Place over medium heat, and stir the mixture together until the ube powder has been properly rehydrated. It should be smooth and have a mashed potato-like texture. Remove from heat and set aside to cool until ready to use.
- What if I can’t find frozen grated ube, ube halaya, or powdered ube? You can simply just use ube extract! Adjust the non-dairy milk to 1 cup (240g) and the flour to 1 cup (140g).
- Can I make this batter into waffles? Yes! Make the recipe as is and cook in a waffle maker. The amount will vary on the size of your waffle maker.
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