Soft honey pancakes sandwiched with sweet red bean paste: the classic Japanese dorayaki.
About this Japanese recipe
Dorayaki are two small honey pancakes filled with anko, sweet azuki bean paste. They are one of Japan’s best-known wagashi, or traditional sweets.
Ingredients you will need
The main ingredients are eggs, sugar, honey, plain flour, baking powder, water. Exact quantities are in the recipe card below.
How long it takes
Allow 50 min in total: 15 min of preparation, 20 min of cooking and 15 min of resting, chilling or soaking. The recipe serves 6.
Dorayaki
Soft honey pancakes sandwiched with sweet red bean paste: the classic Japanese dorayaki.
Ingredients
Method
- Whisk the eggs, sugar and honey until pale and slightly thick.
- Sift in the flour and baking powder and whisk until smooth, then whisk in the water. Rest for 15 minutes.
- Wipe a non-stick pan with a little oil and heat over low heat.
- Pour 3 tablespoons of batter to make a 9 cm pancake. Cook for about 2 minutes until bubbles appear on top.
- Flip and cook for 30 seconds. Cool under a clean tea towel so they stay soft.
- Spread red bean paste on one pancake and top with another, pressing the edges gently.
Notes
Wipe the pan with oiled kitchen paper between pancakes rather than adding oil. This gives the even golden colour.