Chocolate Waffles with White Chocolate Raspberry Whipped Cream

So this morning I was making waffles as was requested by my kids. I was thinking of how to change it up a bit and decided adding chocolate was a good choice. My kids made me "Star Baker" for the day, if you've ever seen the Great British Bake-Off you know that is quite the compliment 😄


-I used whole wheat flour as my kids can pack down endless waffles if I use allpurpose flour, and nobody needs to eat more than 2 Belgian sized waffles...especially kids less than half my size! I've found the whole wheat flour fills them up faster and they eat less. Me too, which is good because I too can pack in the waffles. I'm sure this recipes is amazing with white flour, but it's still delicious with the whole wheat variety as well.
-As a side note, the recipe calls for melted butter because that is what tastes best. Those of us who can't afford to chuck butter into everything that they eat can use oil in place of the butter. I use canola oil because I cannot stand the taste of vegetable oil...but it's all up to personal preference.
-Another note, sometimes you don't have the joy of having buttermilk in your fridge. If you mix half sour cream and half milk, you get a lovely result. You could also do the whole milk+lemon juice or vinegar trick, but I've found the taste and texture doesn't compare to using cultured buttermilk or the sour cream.

Chocolate Waffles

-1 1/2 C flour

-1/2 C cocoa

-1/4 C white sugar
-2 tsp baking powder
-1 tsp baking soda
-1 tsp vanilla
-3 eggs, separated
-1/2 C melted butter
-1 3/4 C buttermilk

-sift together the dry ingredients in a bowl and create a well in the middle.
-in a separate mixing bowl, separate the egg whites from the egg yolks and place the yolks into the "well" in the dry ingredients
-add the rest of the wet ingredients to the well and mix until smooth-beat the egg whites on high until soft peaks form
-fold the beaten egg whites into the batter (be careful to not loose the volume!)
-cook the waffles according to your waffle maker

White Chocolate Raspberry Whipped Cream

-1 1/4 C whipping cream
-1/4 C white chocolate chips
-1/4 C raspberry jam

-1/2 C fresh or frozen raspberries 

-melt 1/4 C of the whipping cream with the chocolate chips and mix until smooth. Mix in the raspberry jam until smooth and set aside for a moment
-whip the cream on high until it thickens and turns into whipped cream, slowly pour in the white chocolate raspberry mixture while still whipping the cream, on low.
-fold in the raspberries and serve on top of the chocolate waffles.