Dorayaki is a snack that is a favorite amongst Japanese people and also myself! It’s delicious, just the right amount of sweetness, and quite easy to make! It’s perfect for on-the-go and perfect for any time of the season. If you haven’t had Japanese treats, then you should try this. It is a little sweet taste of Japan.
What is Dorayaki?
Doryaki, made from two small pancake-like cakes and sandwiched together with a sweet filling, the most popular of which is adzuki red beans (anko). However, despite how these look, they are not pancakes. They're considered more like cakes, and unlike here in America, Japanese people don’t eat these with syrup. Plus they have different ingredients and sandwiched with sweet red bean paste. Traditionally, dorayaki filling is sweet red bean paste, but nowadays there are different filling variations. If you don’t want to use sweet red bean paste, you can use whipped cream, custard, or even sweet chocolate spread. You can get creative with these, find your favorite fillings!
Top Tips:
- Use your best non-stick pan. I used a Teflon pan and I didn’t have to use any oil to cook these. I tried using oil to coat the pan, however I found that it didn’t give me that nice smooth and golden brown top. If you don’t have a good non -stick pan, you can take a paper towel and dip it in some oil. Coat the surface of the pan with a little oil, and then make sure to wipe off all excess oil. It sounds counter intuitive, but you want to make sure you don’t leave oil streaks on the pan. The pancakes will be spotty unfortunately.
- Cook low and slow. This will help the pancakes cook thoroughly and you will get that nice smooth golden top. Mine cooked for 2 minutes exactly, it’ll vary with your heat. So have some patience!
- Buy sweet red bean paste. I kept this a easy and simple recipe, but if you want to make your own red bean paste, be my guest! You can easily find this canned, at your local Asian supermarket.
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📖 Recipe
Vegan Dorayaki
Equipment
- Food scale or measuring cups
- Mixing bowls
- Fine mesh sieve
- Large non-stick skillet
- Ladle
- Flat spatula or turner
Ingredients
- 170 grams All-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoon (15g) Agave
- 1 ½ teaspoon Baking powder
- 1 tablespoon Mirin
- 240 grams Soy milk
- 1 can Sweet red bean paste
Instructions
- In a bowl, sift together all the flour and baking soda. In another bowl, combine the agave, mirin, and soymilk. Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients until you get a loose batter.
- Pre-heat a large non-stick skillet on low heat for 5 minutes. With a ladle pour out about 3 tablespoons of batter onto the pan. Cook until you start seeing bubbles at the top and the bottom is nicely browned. Flip and cook the other side for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Continue to cook the rest of the pancakes, you should get about 8 pancakes in total. We are cooking these low and slow, do not try to rush this by increasing the heat. Mine took about 2 minutes before I flipped it over, this will vary depending on the heat of your stovetop. Just keep an eye on it.
- Once the pancakes are cooked and cooled, spread the sweet red bean paste over one pancake. Then take another pancake and sandwich them together. Continue this for the rest of the pancakes. You can store these in a tightly sealed container and in the refrigerator if not eating it right away. Serve and enjoy!
8 says
Is it baking powder or baking soda? The ingredients list and the instructions are different
Floured Frame says
Sorry about that, it's baking powder.
Shana says
Can i Switch soy milk to Almond or Oat Milk? Or ist soy milk important forgood Resultat? ????
Floured Frame says
I prefer using soy milk because it has a higher protein content, but I think there shouldn't be a problem if you use oat or almond milk!
Katherine says
How many pancakes does this recipe make? I'm planning on making them for a potluck where there will be 10 people. Thank you! 🙂
Floured Frame says
Sorry that I forgot to add the number of servings, but it'll depend on the size of the ladle you are using to pour the batter. Mine made about 6 dorayaki, but to be safe you can double the recipe!
Katherine says
Thank you! I will double the recipe.