Carrot Cake Pancakes with Mascarpone Cream

By chelyc13

Ingredients

• FOR MASCARPONE CREAM:
• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon1
• tsp salt
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups finely grated carrots
• 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
• 1/3 cup chopped golden raisins
• 8 oz mascarpone cheese
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup whipping cream

Preparation

Step 1

1. stir together first 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Whisk together buttermilk and next 4 ingredients in another bowl. Gradaully stir buttemrilk mixture into flour mixture just until dry ingredients are moistened. fold in carrots and next 2 ingredients. Cook Pancakes.

2. Whisk together container mascarpone cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract in a large bowl just until blended. Beat 1 cup whipping cream at medium speed until stiff peaks form. Fodl whipped cream into mascarpone mixture.