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Ube pancake topped with ube butter and coconut.
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5 from 45 votes

Ube Pancakes

Ube pancakes are your favorite buttermilk pancakes bursting with the ube flavor you love. Serve with ube butter and start the day right!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine: Filipino
Servings: 12 pancakes
Calories: 207kcal
Author: Jolina

Equipment

Ingredients

Dry Ingredients

Wet Ingredients

  • 2 cups buttermilk room temperature
  • ½ cup milk room temperature
  • 3 pcs large eggs room temperature
  • 7 oz ube halaya or ube jam about 1 cup, room temperature
  • 3 tsp ube extract
  • ¼ cup unsalted butter melted and slightly cooled
  • oil for frying
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Instructions

  • In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients and set aside.
    3 cups all purpose flour, 2 tbsp brown sugar, 3 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp salt
    Flour and other dry ingredients in a bowl.
  • Using a blender, or in a large bowl using a handheld electric mixer, combine wet ingredients until smooth and incorporated. Make sure there are no more big chunks of ube jam.
    2 cups buttermilk, ½ cup milk, 3 pcs large eggs, 7 oz ube halaya or ube jam, 3 tsp ube extract, ¼ cup unsalted butter
    Wet ingredients in a bowl.
  • Put a medium sized pan on your stove over medium heat. You know it's ready when small amounts of water sprinkled over it evaporates immediately. 
  • At this point, you can pour your ube buttermilk mixture into your flour mixture and gently stir. Do not over stir — it doesn't have to be a smooth mixture. You want a coarse pancake batter.
    Pancake batter in a bowl.
  • Put a little oil (I like to cook with a combination of butter and oil) on your pan and start dropping your pancake mixture about ⅔ cup at a time.
  • Cook about 3 minutes per side, or until the centre is cooked and the sides are golden brown.
  • Serve warm and enjoy! 

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Notes

  1. Yield depends on how big or small you make your pancakes. Estimated nutritional information is based on 12 pancakes.
  2. Avoid over-mixing your pancake batter. We want a coarse batter for best results.
  3. Cook on medium heat so the pancakes cook evenly. A pan that’s too hot will result to burnt or unevenly cooked pancakes.
  4. See post for more tips and FAQs.

Nutrition

Calories: 207kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 244mg | Potassium: 343mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 225IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 112mg | Iron: 2mg