Red velvet pancakes with poached plums – Food & Home Magazine

Ingredients

• 200g (1 cup) sugar
• 500ml (2 cups) water
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• pinch salt
• juice and rind of ½ a lemon
• 6 plums, halved
• 240g (2 cups) cake flour
• 45ml (3 tbsp) cocoa powder
• 10ml (2 tsp) baking powder
• 2,5ml (½ tsp) bicarbonate of soda
• 2,5ml (½ tsp) salt.
• 500ml (2 cups) buttermilk
• 15ml (1 tbsp) white vinegar
• 105g (½ cup) castor sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 10ml (2 tsp) vanilla extract
• 80g melted butter
• 250ml (1 cup) crème fraîche
• 140g (1 cup) crushed raspberries
• seasonal berries, to serve