I decided on what I’ll be having as my last meal on earth today…
Back story: I came home from work early with a terrible migraine caused by these flashes and floaters I occasionally get in my eyes. The only cure to said migraine is sleep. Lots and lots of sleep.
So sleep I did, after shutting every blind in the house, cranking up the AC and crawling into bed. I awoke four hours later feeling like a new woman. No flashes, no floaters, no migraine and a clear vision in my mind of the Carrot Cake Pancakes I needed to make for dinner.
Where this craving came from, I have no idea – but one bite of the sweet, buttery, carrot-cake pillows, and I knew I had found it: my choice for last meal on earth.
I started the last meal by consulting my pantry, which is conveniently stocked with a plethora of pancake mixes.
Which one would I choose (and more importantly, WHY do I have so many?!) Multigrain, Fat-Free Buttermilk,
Pumpkin or Wheat Blend?
After a good foot tap, I chose…
Fat-Free Buttermilk. Best to highlight the spicy and sweet flavors I’d be adding to it, I figured.
I measured out the dry mix, then added in the classic carrot cake flavors: cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and, of course, carrot.
After stirring in water, I poured the gorgeous, orange-hued batter onto a warm griddle, then flipped and cooked on the other side when bubbles popped up on top.
After stacking the fluffy cakes on top of one another,
I drizzled melted vanilla,
honey,
butter on top.
You have not lived until you have tried this bliss in butter form from Great Harvest!
A cascade of real,
maple,
syrup put me positively over the edge and straight into pancake paradise.
Carrot Cake Pancakes
Serves 1
Ingredients:
1/2 cup just-add-water dry pancake mix
1/4 cup finely shredded carrot
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
pinch of nutmeg
small pinch of ground cloves
1/2 cup water (maybe less, maybe more)*
Directions:
1. Pre-heat a flat-top skillet or griddle to medium low. Combine ingredients from pancake mix to ground cloves in a bowl. Add water and stir until all ingredients are thoroughly combined. *Depending on your dry mix, you may need to add more or less water to get the batter to pancake consistency.
2. Spray the pre-heated skillet with non-stick spray and pour the batter into four, equal-sized pancakes. Flip when bubbles appear on top and continue cooking until both sides are golden brown.
3. Serve with vanilla-honey butter and real maple syrup.
I always seem to turn to comfort food when I’m feeling under the weather, and this warm, decadent, cozy meal is the epitome of the term.
This is IT. There’s no turning back. This is my choice for last meal on earth!
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What would you pick as your last meal on earth?
omg, that looks amazing. might be making these this weekend!!
These look divine!!
You had me at “carrot cake”
But add in the “pancakes” and it sounds like heaven on earth!
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I was gonna make these and got all the way through grating the carrots and everything only to realize we have no pancake mix.
I love carrot cake pancakes! Yum!
These sound really good! I think I would just add the carrots and spices to a homemade recipe for pancakes, though! We rarely have pancake mix at our house! We might have to try these soon!
That looks DELICIOUS. I recently made carrot cake pancakes from scratch from a recipe I found on Smitten Kitchen…and they included a cream cheese dressing
Yum! I may need to make these this weekend! I LOVE carrot cake!
how great would these be with walnuts and golden raisins added? yum!
I tripled the recipe to feed my teenage daughters & myself – and used Fiber One’s Complete pancake mix. I added a little extra pancake mix since I like my pancakes thick & poofy… THEY WERE FABULOUS! Very filling and so incredibly easy! Thank you…
I had extra grated carrot in the frig and I thought maybe I could make pancakes. I found your recipe althought I used buttermaik instead of water and I added an egg.
They were delicous.
Thanks!
I had extra grated carrot in the frig and I thought maybe I could make pancakes. I found your recipe althought I used buttermaik instead of water and I added an egg.
They were delicious.
Thanks!