This is my favorite recipe of Belgian Waffles that I’ve been making for years, and they are a winner. They are crazy simple, yeast free, and it comes together quickly. It is adapted from tasteofhome.com, and added the fruits and matcha to make these Fruity Belgian Waffles.
Hey hey, Spring is here. Bay Area saw some beautiful weather, and some nasty rain when least expected. The drought crisis is finally over!
We made colorful waffles for National Waffle Day.
We love Waffles. One of my go to recipes for waffles is Ricotto whole grain waffles. We even named our puppy Waffles :).
After the first bite of these fruity waffles, there was a satisfaction in the eyes of the kiddos. In fact, the colors made them smile even before they took a bite. Well, not all of them made the kids smile. There was an orange turmeric waffle that my little one nearly spit out in disgust. Suffices to say that that recipe is not included here.
My little one has been eating waffles for years, for breakfast. Every single day. He will have his eggs, or pancakes and then go back to toasting a waffle for himself. A cousin of mine even jokingly nicknamed him Waffleboy :).
These waffles call for a party, just not for the kids, for the adults who are kids at heart. What better time than on Easter weekend?!!
What are your plans for spring break and Easter weekend?
The batter is thick. The blackberry and raspberry will be thinner, you can add a few tablespoon of flour and fold it in you want. It’s an easy fuss free batter, lumps are totally fine. Mix the matcha, the fruits and the cocoa and admire the colors. They sizzle as they cook, turn into these colorful, crispy, soft pillowy , thick waffles. I like to rest my waffles on an iron rack so that they don’t get soggy in the bottom. These are tender and sweet, but not overtly sweet. Drench them in powdered sugar or syrup, or enjoy them right off the grill.
Let’s enjoy the weekend!! Happy Easter!!
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- 3-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 large eggs, separated
- 1-1/2 cups milk
- ⅓ cup full fat ricotta
- 1 cup butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp Matcha
- 3 tablespoon raspberry puree
- 3 tablespoon blackberry puree
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- In a bowl, combine flour, sugar and baking powder. In another bowl, lightly beat egg yolks. Add milk,ricotta, butter and vanilla; mix well. Stir into dry ingredients just until combined. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; fold into batter.
- Divide the batter equally into four portions.
- Add matcha in one, raspberry puree in one, blackberry puree and cocoa powder. Mix and fold in gently.
- Bake in a preheated waffle iron according to manufacturer's directions until golden brown. It will take about 2-3 minutes. Serve with strawberries or syrup.
These rainbow waffles are truly amazing! Happy Spring, Asha.
Thanks Angie.
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What a waffle party, Ash… and your kiddos loved them too. What a treat to wake up to! I bet you’ll have tons of requests for these beauties! I love how these are naturally hued; they’re so much prettier than any artificial color out there. Thank you for sharing my dear! xo
Thanks my dear. This was truly fun. Absolutely, when there’s natural color everywhere, why use artificial.
xo
I agree with Traci! I love how they are naturally colored and so pretty to look at! I want to be at your waffle party haha! 🙂 My kids love waffles too, its probably their fav breakfast ever! I think my favorite would be the pink waffles 😀
Oh is it?!! how adorable. We do love our Waffles:).
xoxo
You are such a wiz! I love so much about this! My son would be amazed. : ) I actually have some yeast waffle batter in the fridge right now…and would trade you for some of these. Such fun and I’m sure they are totally delicious. I would not be able to decide which color to have so I’d have to sample each and all!
Oh you are too kind. Yeast waffle batter is so good, I haven’t made those in a while. I’m sure your son would lobe the colored waffles.
Hugs hon.
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These look absolutely delicious and eye catching! I don’t have a waffle maker but I looking at these naturally flavored waffles I really want to buy one.
Thanks so much for stopping by. Oh, you’ll not regret getting a waffle maker, it’s so much fun.
Glorious ~ sharing!
Thanks.
Hello Asha,
First things first absolutely stunning waffles. I think the effort has also been tremendous behind the post. Puree various veggie colours and mix them in separate batters. Then do them one by one. And now to forget the cleaning. Styling the whole set and finally eating. I would give you a tight hug. I relate to bloggers or maybe individuals who really do it for themselves. Until the conviction is not there the efforts will not show.
I am quite nice to the whole food blogging world but have been fortunate that stalwarts like you stop to say a ‘Hi’.
Day of great vibes!!
These are the most gorgeous waffles I have ever seen!! I am so in love with the colors!! Your boys are very lucky!! xO