Am I in Germany this morning?
No
Am I of German descent?
No
Do I even speak German?
No – though I do know a couple of German words (puffs up her chest with pride)
So why is this beautiful autumn morning German? Because I baked and cooked like a German.
Was I wearing a girdle?
No (thank god!)
Was I wearing a nice large flowery dress just below my knee?
No
Was my hair pulled back in a bun?
No
Oops, sorry you misunderstood – I did not look like a German while baking, I actually baked what they do. Don’t look at me like that, I can bake German desserts (though sweet pretzels is very much beyond me ;))
Well, I guess more than anything, it is a breakfast. A dessert breakfast. A German dessert breakfast. A Gersfast. I am so taking on Shakespeare in the whole make-up-your-own-word race 😀
So this Gersfast (pronounced Jers-fascht – I think it sounds more exotic this way) is a pancake. But because Germans are cool like that, they say “Ve do not vlip ze pancaak. Ve baak it ya?” **Note: This accent may not be German actually but it sounds non-English 🙂
Anyway, I had been wanting to find a good perfect recipe to have a Gersfast for a while – so when I did I kind of went overboard. And changed it completely. I made it a little unhealthier, served it a little more on the wild side and made it more tropical. Maybe I should change it to a Hawaiian German Dessert Breakfast? You think up a word on that, I am spent 😛
Enjoy my friends this newest breakfast creation because if you don’t, a large German housefrau will come running after you brandishing a rolling pin. Don’t believe me? Fine, we always have German Shepherds 😉
Tropical Caramelised German Baked Pancakes
Adapted from Here
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup plain flour
- 2 tbs brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp allspice
- 1 cup whole milk (or 1/2 and 1/2 – on preference)
- 1 1/2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- 2 tbs melted butter + extra 3 tbs for caramelising fruit and if necessary
- 570g worth of skinned, firm nectarine, peach, mango, apple, pear, plum slices + optional pitted cherries, strawberries, berries – I used plums and nectarines making it taste a little like the juicy inner of a cobbler!
- 4 tsp brown sugar
- 2 tsp fresh lemon/orange/citrus juice + 1 tbs zest optional
- 1/4 cup desiccated coconut (optional) – add in with dry ingredients if using
- Icing sugar, maple syrup, ice cream etc. to serve
Method
- Preheat oven to 260 degrees C
- In a large bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients excluding the 4 tsp brown sugar
- In a separate bowl, mix together all the wet ingredients except for the extra 3 tbs butter for fruit caramelisation and citrus juice
- Making a well in the centre of the dry mixture, slowly pour in wet mixture, whisking continuously until no lumps remain
- Heat a nonstick, 25cm ovenproof skillet/fry pan with the remaining 3 tbs of butter
- Add the fruit and 4 tsp brown sugar
- Cook until all the fruit has been caramelized – released juices and start to turn golden brown or darker (add the firmer fruits first such as apples, then mangoes, then stone fruit and lastly berries) – apples take approximately 10 minutes
- Remove from heat and stir in citrus juice (and zest if adding)
- Pour batter around the edges of the pan and then on top of the fruit
- Turn heat to 218 degrees C and bake for 15 minutes or until puffed and brown
- Let sit for 2 minutes and invert onto serving platter
- Serve with caramel sauce, vanilla ice cream and maple syrup – no joke, just do it 😀
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I am also going to announce some great news. I have been given various awards from two different bloggers!
The wonderfully sugary and full of life Heather @ Sugar Dish Me recently received an accumulation of wonderful awards which she has passed onto a couple of nominees. Thank you so much it is an honour! If you have never visited this fine blogger’s… um… blog (;)) then you have been missing out sorely! Just now with her awards post, she has created such a delicious egg salad recipe to go with it. Honestly if anyone wants to get a little hungry, he gorgeous site is the place to go 😀
From her blog, I have gratefully taken the ‘New Blogger Award’ and the ‘Kreativ Blogger Award’ out of the 3 she offered 🙂
I think I deserved these two but the Beautiful Blogger Award was not meant for my site. Not yet but maybe one day 😀
So thank you again my friend and I will be sure to pass them along!
The second blogger who so kindly acknowledged me in her passing on was the brilliant Betsy of Bits And Breadcrumbs! Thank you thank you thank you 😀 – If you have never visited this wonderful person, I think you need your eyes checked because every time I see one of her dishes, a little part of me starts to weep at the fact that technology is not so good yet that we cannot reach into the computer screen and grab things out of pictures!
She too created a collection of awards in a wonderful post which you absolutely must go check out here 🙂
From her wonderful site, I accepted the ‘Sunshine Award’ (so lovely!), the ‘Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award’ (because let us be honest, I am not into the savoury am I ;)) and again, the ‘Kreativ Blogger Award’ 😀
Thank you again to you wonderful ladies! I am very happy to have received such beautiful awards and I want to pass them on as a package to these 6 bloggers as well 🙂
Accept or not, it is your choice and choose any or all of these awards as a way of appreciating your amazing blogging skills!
So the awards were 😀
- Kreativ Blogger Award
- Sunshine Blog Award
- New Blogger Award (I use 1 year of blogging to say you are experienced in the blogging world :D)
- Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award
And I am giving them all to…. *drum roll please*
- Anita from The Hungry Couple – She is so bubbly! All her posts are so much fun to read and she is full of sunshine 😀
- Lacy from NYCityEats – A relatively new blogger I have met, she is so happy all the time (and I can see why because the dishes she makes and eats are gorgeous!)
- Tina from Pinay In Texas Cooking Corner – There is not one seafood creature this woman cannot manipulate into a divine dish – and then she comes up with the most sweet recipes ever! So multitalented and creative 😉
- Laura from Sprint 2 The Table – So fit and healthy! You would think I would be at least 50 metres away from her blog at all times but her dishes look so good it is actually impossible!
- Helene from Masala Herb – A mix of savoury and sweet is her deliciously flavoured blog but as a perfect, Helene is irresistibly sweet 🙂
- Alberta from Just A Smidgen – A poet. Oh my gosh, she writes so wonderfully. And then she tops it off with a perfectly executed recipe – like an ice cream sundae writer!
So congrats my friends you all much deserve these awards!
And have a wonderful weekend everyone with your Gersfasts 😀
betsyb @ Bits and Breadcrumbs: Thank you for the shout out, Uru!! If anyone deserves the Irresistibly Sweet and Sunshine Awards it is you!!! Another delicious looking recipe, BTW.
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Oh no. I made a terrible mistake. It’s called clicking on your pancakes/sweet breakfasts tag while I’m supposed to be being productive. I can’t stop reading. You are so funny!!
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This looks crazy delicious! I must try it!
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Definitely and thank you 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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I am half German and I LOVE German pancakes! My dad and I made an apple one for Christmas morning this year! I love love love the idea of using plums and nectarines though!
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Wow that is so cool – if I get your approval, I know everything is ok 😀
I bet your apple pancake was delicious too!
Thank you 🙂
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Choc Chip Uru
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Yummy, these look very tasty indeed. My daughter would just love it!
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Thank you my friend – certainly hope your daughter and your entire family enjoy this 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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Thanks so much for passing on the awards to me, my dear! Truly so grateful! Hugs…
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My pleasure my friend – you deserve it so much! 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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This looks great! Congratulations on the awards!
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Thank you do much on both counts 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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Thank you so much for the award, my friend! And now, I have passed it on:
http://hungrycouplenyc.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-am-bubbly-and-full-of-sunshine.html
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It was my pleasure my friend 😀
You deserved this award for sure and I will go see your post 🙂
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Choc Chip Uru
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Your pancake look and sound German..and I would love this for my breakfast any morning! Great post sweetie..your did it again!!
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Thank you very very much 😀
I hope you enjoy this Gerfast 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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If you have the german shepherds, that’s more than enough to make you German 🙂
So I’m loving this Gersfast. I’ve never had anything like this so I’m super excited to give this a try. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipe!
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I love German Shepherds and would like to own one so that totally counts 😀
I am so glad you enjoyed this recipe thank you so much! Hope it turns out like it did for me 🙂
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Choc Chip Uru
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how did you even wait for this to finish cooking before eating it?
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You have no idea how many extra fruit I sauteed… embarassing almost 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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Mmmmmmmm…that looks so good! Lovely blog…
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Thank you so much – I am glad you are enjoying! 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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This looks wonderful and one delicious serving would probably last me until dinner time!
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Thank you 😀
And I promise you, after one serve, you will finish the entire pancake – then you won’t anything but another one even at dinner 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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Congratulations on your awards 🙂
This does look like a delicious way to start the day 🙂
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Thank you so much – and I promise you there is nothing better than maple syrup and pancakes and ice cream in the morning 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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I have always wanted to make a baked pancake (also known as a “Dutch baby,” but I haven’t gotten around to it yet. Yours looks beautiful and it is a good thing to eat while the weather is still cool and we can pretend we need the calories.
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I didn’t know they were also called Dutch Babies – how cute 😀
And I am so glad you enjoyed these pancakes thank you so much – I also promise you there is no pretense, in order to enjoy calories are a necessity 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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I just love German pancakes. It’s so much easier than standing at the griddle flipping pancakes while the others get cold. 😀 The addition of caramelized stone fruits sounds amazing!!
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I know right? Glad to see you agree with me 😀
And I have never had stone fruit in pancakes – a mistake I shall never make again 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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That looks just wonderful! I love having a sweet breakfast!! yummy!
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Thank you – and who doesn’t? Savoury psshaw 😀
Happy you liked it!
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Choc Chip Uru
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Congratulations on your rewards 🙂 Your dish looks amazing!!!
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Thank you so much – glad you enjoyed this pancake 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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Our minds are connected today, I made pancakes this weekend too! Yours look AMAZING, I love the idea of making them with big chunks of fruit:-) Be sure to check out my post, I gave you the Kreativ Blogger award:-) Have a wonderful week! Hugs, Terra
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We are telepathic my riend – great minds think alike 😀
Can’t wait to go see them and I am honoured for the award – thank you very much!
I appreciate it 🙂
Hugs!
Choc Chip Uru
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I osted a comment, but don’t see it. Anyway, let’s try it again. Thanks for visiting my blog. I am your new follower now (e-mail as I couldn’t do it the other way). Glad to be here, great blog!
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Thank you so much for following and leaving such a nice comment (s – I got both :D)
Hope you enjoy all I have to offer in this blog 🙂
Is there an email way to join yours?
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Choc Chip Uru
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Thank you for visiting my blog! I am gald you did, and I came here. Wow! Impressive!
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My pleasure 😀
And am very happy you enjoyed this post – thank you so much!
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Choc Chip Uru
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I love this kind of comfort food. The empty plate indicates just how good it is
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Comfort food? This is called a healthy daily brekkie (look at all those fruits 😉
Jokes jokes but as a treat, these are definitely worth it 😀
Enjoy!
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Choc Chip Uru
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This is definitely not for the faint-hearted! I love the recipe – so decadent. Congratulations on your awards!!
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I agree – but then nothing on my blog is 😉
I am glad you enjoyed this post and thank you very much!
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Choc Chip Uru
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Yum! What an amazing looking breakfast.
Congrats on your award!
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Thank you very much 😀
And I am sure you will enjoy this my friend!
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Choc Chip Uru
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Your accent CRACKED.ME.UP! My stepvater is Swiss so I just pictured him saying that and hilarity ensued. Great looking pancake, darling!
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Hehehe, good to know I got it right! Thank you so much – hope you and your awesome stepvater enjoy this while speaking exoticly 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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Pancakes topped with cobbler filling? Who could resist? These are some fabulous pancakes…so much better than what my hubby whips up on the weekends…LOL.
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Haha don’t let your husband here that 😛
Or give him this recipe – your cobbler statement makes me think some streusal filling on top would be just right… mmmm 😀
Thanks!
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Choc Chip Uru
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Congrats in the awards!!! Thank you very much for passing one to me as well – I’m flattered. 🙂
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Thank you and it was my pleasure – you definitely deserve them 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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Congrats on your awards & your breakfast pancake looks very tasty!
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Thank you so much on both counts 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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Vit so much fruit zeese pancakes are almost healthy. Must ve eat zem vit a german accent?
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Zankk you – yez, i beliv you müst eat zem vile talking like zis 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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Lovely transformation with the fruits you did. Yeh, instead of just going for plain fruits, adding ingredients and coming out with a recipe is superb. I am not sure on being a German but I love this fruit desert you made. Congrats on the blog award too.
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Thanks my friend 😀
I definitely think going tropical on fruits upped the anti in considering this recipe 😀
I am glad you enjoyed it!
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Choc Chip Uru
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Congratulations on your awards!!!! 🙂 I am pretty sure that I don’t have any German blood, but would love this for breakfast!!!
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Thank you 😀
And I promise, there is no need for German blood to enjoy these!
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Choc Chip Uru
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congratulations on alllll those awards! 🙂 you deserve them!
and that german pancake is making my mouth water…. yuuum!
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Thank you so much my friend – and I am sure these pancakes are made for every tastebud in the world 😀
Enjoy!
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Choc Chip Uru
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Love your recipes…awesome site …I love black and white…most of the art I hvae is b/w…big fan…and Congrats Congrats on all your incredible amazing awards:) You go girl:)
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Thank you so much! I love black red and white as a colour combo 😀
Glad you enjoyed visiting!
And can’t wait to see more from your blog 🙂
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Choc Chip Uru
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Ze Havaiian Tropical Fruit Pannakoeken looks divine! (And surely tastes vundabah!) Congratulations on your awards… well deserved!
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Hehehe, zank you very mÜch 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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Something tells me you have a sweet tooth. I am not quite sure how I have to this conclusion. 🙂
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However do you know so much about me? 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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Can I have breakfast at your place? Looks awesome! Congrats on the awards. 🙂
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Come on over – I don’t mind whipping this up again 😉
Thanks so much!
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Choc Chip Uru
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Congrats on the awards, they just keep rolling in for you and that is a good thing! Your fruity caramelly pancake looks delicious. You really have a lot of juicy variety packed in there-yum! Enjoy the weekend!
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Thank you for the support 😀
And I am so glad you enjoyed this pancake – nothing like lots of fruit in the morning to make you feel healthy 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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These pancakes sound amazing!!!
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They really are a must try 😀
Enjoy!
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Choc Chip Uru
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These cookies look gorgeous! Browned butter makes everything better 🙂
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Thank you so much 😀
Hope you enjoyed these pancakes too!
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Choc Chip Uru
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looks amazing and is perfect!!! congrats on those awards!!!
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Thank you thank you and thank you 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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These look delicious! My daughter and I agree, we MUST make these…if you help us with the oven temp conversion? 😉 Thanks for this great post!
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Thank you so much and of course I will help 😀
260 degrees C = 500 degrees F
218 C = 424 F
Enjoy!
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Choc Chip Uru
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Wow, beautiful blog you’ve got here!
Keep the good posts coming, i’m loving it!
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Thank you 😀
Hope you enjoy each and every one to come!
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Choc Chip Uru
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First off, thank you thank you thank you! That was so sweet of you and I’m extremely honored to receive your awards. 🙂 I’ve really enjoyed coming to your site every day! You make such mouth watering goodies, I too wish that technology where you can reach through the screen were real! Like right now, I wouldn’t mind that delicious german pancake for breakfast this morning! I’ve got peaches on hand and I’m totally trying it out.
Thanks again for the awards, made my day! 🙂
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It was my pleasure my friend – you deserve each and every award there 😀
And thank you so much for so many kind words 🙂
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Choc Chip Uru
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Wow… a breakfast like this, I’m swooning already and you top it off with an award! I’m beaming from ear to ear.. thanks so much for the shout-out:) Your style or writing always makes me smile.. I should plan to read yours first each morning, it’s a cheery way to wake up:) xoxo Smidge
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Thank you very much for such sweet words and you much deserve this award 😀
I too love your poetic blog – makes me think of simple beautiful things in life 🙂
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Choc Chip Uru
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Just found your blog, I like your sweets 🙂
German desserts are so good, thanks for this
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Thanks so much – I am glad you are enjoying and perhaps one day I can conquer the German sweet pretzel 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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Every breakfast should be this beautiful and full of sweet!
And bonus! Ice cream!!
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I am in total agreement with you – would you like to start a petition against omelettes and muesli? 😛
Thank you 🙂
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Choc Chip Uru
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You just keep on rockin’ girl!!!
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Thank you! *does a cool drum trick… in her head ;)*
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Choc Chip Uru
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That looks absolutely delish! Plus it has to be good for you, there’s fruit :]
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I like the way you think – thank you 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, I haven’t had breakfast yet,,,this is killing me!
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Hehehe… then I guess you know what time it is 😉
So happy you visited and enjoyed!
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Choc Chip Uru
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hahaha! 🙂
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Delicious looking breakfast. Kudos on all the great awards!
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Thank you so much 😀
Glad you enjoyed my friend!
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Choc Chip Uru
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An empty plate, looks like somebody finnished it before I could come for a bite! looked delicious by the way. 😉
thanks for the awards! =)
enjoy your weekend!
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Maybe, I do have a tendency to finish before sharing (jks jks… kind of ;))
And it was my pleasure you deserved them – congrats and thank you!
Have a wonderful week!
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Choc Chip Uru
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Mmmmm…this looks sooooo good! Where’s mine? Huh?
Congrats on the award!
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haha, thank you 😀
And all you had to do was come over… leftovers? No such thing 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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Wow! Looks amazing! Wish I had my 18 year old metabolism again 🙂 And congrats on the awards!
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Thanks so much – and I promise you, one day doesn’t do anything to nobody 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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I will need to post that near the fridge 🙂
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MMMM, what a yummy looking breakfast. Never made a baked pancake but you have just convinced me to give it a go! Congrats on the awards, you deserve ’em!
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Thank you very very much! I promise you, though baked pancakes to me are not as wonderful as normal pancakes, I most certainly could live off these 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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What a fabulous treat studded with fruits! Congratulations on your awards dear…
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Thank you very much my friend on both counts – glad you enjoyed 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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lol, ve definitely enjoyed ze post. im thinking the truckload of fruits that go into this delecious looking pancake more than make up for the unhealthy aspect. congrats (once again) on all the award’s… ur in demand grl 🙂
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Zat iz too kind ov you 😉
And I totally agree – I am balancing out the unhealthy with the healthy! And thank you so much my friend 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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Hehe I like how you started the post 🙂 I’m not familiar with German desserts or breakfast but if this is how they wake up and what they eat I wanna be German too 😀
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Haha, I promise you do not need to be German to have this as a breakfast… actually you need no excuse at all 😉
Thanks!
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Choc Chip Uru
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Oh when will you stop tempting with all these sweet treats.. 🙂 I’m not complaining actually.. 😀
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Never is my answer to your question – and I hope you enjoy every minute 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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This is fantastic. Are you sure you aren’t part German?
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Well maybe a long long time ago, I had a great German grandmother 😉
Glad you enjoyed!
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Choc Chip Uru
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