Paleo Chocolate Cake Pancakes for Camping or Home
Our family loves CELEBRATIONS! Celebrating birthdays or special occasions while camping can be so fun even when you don’t have a regular oven for a cake or cupcakes.
More...
Our family likes to have special treats, but likes to stay away from the gluten and the sugar. I saw this gluten free cake mix made with only coconut sugar and decided to try to make pancakes out of it for a very simple way to have a little chocolate cake while camping. My children loved it!!! So did I!!!! In fact this summer we will have a birthday while traveling and I plan to make these for the birthday celebration! I am going to bring along some spray whipped cream or Simple Mills Vanilla or Chocolate Frosting for the topping, along with some naturally colored m-n-m type candy for the top, mini peanut butter cups and naturally colored gummies. I think I might have the children decorate their own. Or I might make a mini 5 layer cake with it. There are many possibilities to have a fun birthday with fun food while camping.
We made these for Valentine's Day this year.
Chocolate Cake Pancakes:
- 5 eggs I like these 12 carton egg protectors to protect the eggs while traveling or 18 carton
- 1/3 cup milk, almond milk, coconut milk or water
- 1/3 cup melted butter, coconut oil or avocado oil
Dry Mix All Together
Mix up the liquid ingredients. If it is chilly out, I like the avocado oil so that I don’t have to add another step of melting the oil. Add the powder mix and mix it all up with a whisk. Let it sit for 5 minutes to thicken a bit. If you want the pancakes thinner add a little more milk. Make pancakes on your griddle. I have found with these that it is best to cook at a lower temperature and let them set until the top has bubbles and is starting to become more solid before you turn them, otherwise they turn into chocolate pancake scramble.
So yummy and simple for special celebrations while camping!
- Crack the eggs for you into a bowl (my 4, 6, 7 and 10 year old can all do this).
- Measure the almond/coconut milk (if older can measure it)
Let Them Help
- Mix the wet ingredients and then dry ingredients together with a whisk or spoon. Littler ones can do this, but my older ones like this too!
- An older one can ladle the batter onto the griddle and be taught when to turn the pancakes. My 4 year old likes to help with this, but I can’t leave her at the stove where my 7 and 10 year old boys can do this without worry about the stove.
- Set the picnic table
Equipment Needed to Pack for this Breakfast
- Ingredients for recipe
- Bowl (this is so nice because it saves space and squishes flat) Squish Mixing Bowl, 3-Quart
- Whisk
- Measuring cup for water/almond/coconut milk (these are great for space saving) 8 Piece Squish Cups/Spoon
- Measuring spoon for the oil (these are great for space saving) 8 Piece Squish Cups/Spoon
- Spoon or small ladle for spooning batter onto griddle
- Stove or Hamilton Beach 38519 Beach Reversible Durathon Ceramic Griddle, Black
If your campsite has electricity, you can bring an extension cord and use a griddle.
- Griddle for stove if using stove (we have a two burner griddle)
- Propane for stove
- Plates, cups, utensils (most of the time for our large family we use paper because it is simpler and saves so much time washing)
- Dishtowel, paper towels
- A sharp knife or scissors to open the mix
- A pan to put the pancakes in to keep warm if not serving them immediately and put a dishtowel over it.
If your campsite has electricity, you can bring an extension cord and use a griddle.Note: We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. There is no extra cost to you and this would help us out as we choose to limit the advertisements on our website to make our website more enjoyable to you!
