Dorayaki (Japanese Red Bean Pancake)
Dorayaki (ら焼き 铜锣烧) is a popular sweet snack in Japan. It's two pieces of fluffy honey pancake sandwiched with a spread of azuki paste (also known as anko). It's quite easy to make Dorayaki at home to serve as a snack for the kids to enjoy especially during the school holidays.
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 50 g caster sugar
- 1 tbsp honey
- 40 ml fresh milk
- 100 g plain flour (all purpose flour)
- 1/2 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- red bean paste
Instructions
- Combine flour, baking powder and soda together in a bowl, set aside.
- In an another bowl, whisk egg, vanilla extract and sugar together. Add honey and milk, stir mixture well again.
- Sieve in flour mixture in two portions, stir well to smooth. Then cover with cling wrap and rest for 15 minutes.
- Heat up a flat frying pan at low heat, scoop a ladle of batter onto pan for about a minute. when bubbles appear on the surface. Flip pancake over and cook for about 45 seconds to 1 minute. Repeat this process until batter uses up.
- Cool down the pancake on wire rack and spread red bean paste (about 10g) on one cake and sandwich with another cake. Best to serve immediately.
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