Chocolate Dorayaki, if you have ever watched the Doraemon cartoon, you will undoubtedly know the famous sweets that Nobita ate, the dorayaki! In the original recipe, they are filled with a cream called anko, a sort of sauce made from azuki beans (not easily available here), I filled them with Nutella but you can also fill them with jam! The base of the dorayaki is a kind of pancake but with a consistency more similar to sponge cake, these delicious snacks will make both adults and children happy, and you won’t leave them anymore!
Other small and delicious sweets perfect for snack time and breakfast:
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 8
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Japanese
- Seasonality: All Seasons
- Energy 251.01 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 36.43 (g) of which sugars 17.15 (g)
- Proteins 4.95 (g)
- Fat 10.01 (g) of which saturated 8.06 (g)of which unsaturated 1.52 (g)
- Fibers 1.63 (g)
- Sodium 22.01 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 3 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for Chocolate Dorayaki
- 1.6 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup water (at room temperature)
- 3.5 tbsp sugar
- 1 egg (XL size)
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2/3 cup Nutella®
Useful Tools for Making Chocolate Dorayaki
- Food Scale
- Bowl
- Spoon
- Sieve
- Pan
- Ladle
- Kitchen Spatula
- Plate
- Saucepan
Preparation of Chocolate Dorayaki
Melt the butter in a non-stick saucepan and then let it cool down.
In a bowl, pour the egg, sugar, and melted and cooled butter, and work with a spoon until the mixture becomes frothy.
Add the water and blend it into the egg mixture by stirring for a few minutes.
Sift together flour and baking powder and add them to the liquid mixture, stirring quickly with a spoon until you get a thick but smooth and lump-free batter.
Heat a non-stick pan over low heat, when it’s hot, pour half a ladle of batter, cook for 2-3 minutes, then flip with a kitchen spatula and cook on the other side for 2 minutes, then remove and place on a serving plate to cool, continue this way until you finish the batter (these doses are enough for 8 dorayaki).
Once all the dorayaki are cooked and well cooled, fill 4 of them with Nutella (1 heaping tablespoon each) and cover them with the remaining 4 dorayaki, now all that’s left is to serve and enjoy these super delicious sweets!
TIPS
You can replace Nutella with the jam you like best or with a dark chocolate cream or pistachio cream.
Before serving, you can sprinkle some powdered sugar on top.
