Bean Gong Party

Bean Gong Party

We had a bean gong party!  These sweets are called dorayaki in Japanese.  Dora means "gong" and yaki means "to cook".  They look like little gongs so we call them "Bean Gongs".  There is a sweet red bean paste filling between the two pancakes on the outside. 

The purpose of the party is “ Enjoy Japanese-style sweets at home.”

You can get the ingredients for Bean Gongs even in foreign countries.  They are not too hard to make, so why don't you give it a try?

Material of Pancakes

Eggs　2
Sugar　100g
Honey　11/2 tablespoons
Salad oil　1 tablespoon
Baking Soda　1/3 teaspoon
Sweet Sake　1 tablespoon (optional)
Flour　150 grams
Water　40~60 cc

Bean paste

Red beans 300gram

Sugar 300gram

Salt 1/2 tea spoon

(How do you make the bean paste?)

※   If you can’t get “Red Bean Paste”, whipped cream can be used instead.

By using whipped cream or other non-traditional ingredients you can try a new style of Japanese sweet!

You can make these Japanese-style cakes the way you like it.  Click here to learn more about ingredients for Japanese sweets

Let’s make it!!

1. Mix the material for the pancakes together.

2.  After resting the dough for about 10 minutes, grill them like pancakes.

3. Put some bean paste on a pancake after it cools and cover it with another pancake to make a little gong.   

Here is a finished bean gong.  It is about 8 cm in diameter.

We had fun making them and eating them too!