Dorayaki / 铜锣烧

We had Doraemon's favourite food for the afternoon tea today - Dorayaki (銅鑼焼き). I made the original version with sweet red bean filling leftover from making steamed buns the other day. Most of my pancakes did not have perfect round shape like store-bought, but who cares? Home-made and home-ate. J (2y6m) said "Mama, dora...yaki nice" he paused a second, perhaps he was thinking "Is it yaki or yucky"? He once called a big fat earthworm udon!

The batter recipe is adapted from kasutera recipe, I added a small amount of cooking oil to prevent it from sticking on the pan. Also, honey gives a nice touch to the lovely brown colour pancakes. Dorayaki is best consume on the same day, especially those made with the homemade red bean paste. 

Dorayaki / 铜锣烧

Ingredients (makes 5):

120 g cake flour

1 tsp baking powder

80 g granulated sugar

1 tbsp honey

2 no. large eggs

1 tsp cooking oil

½ tsp vanilla essence

3 tbsp fresh milk or water

Filling:

300 g sweet red bean paste

5 Chestnut in syrup (optional) 

Methods:

1. In a medium bowl, beat the eggs together with sugar, vanilla essence and oil until foamy.
2. Stir in the milk, then fold in the sifted flour.
   Mix until well combined, cover with cling warp and set aside for 30 minutes.
3. Heat a non-stick pan, transfer two tablespoons (I used a small ladle) of batter onto the pan. Let it spread slightly to make a circle, about 10 cm in diameter.
4. Cook for 1.5 to 2 mins, flip it over, cook another side for a minute or until it is lightly browned.
5. Assemble: Place a tablespoonful of red bean paste in the middle of a pancake, cover the filling with another pancake and press gentle with palm to spread out the red bean paste.

This is a revised post, the recipe was first posted on MK on 30 Jan 2007.
The video is included on 24 April 2022.