DORA CAKE / DORAYAKI

 Is your kids fan of Doraemon, famous cartoon character? Then they must know about Dora cakes. Doraemon love to eat dora cakes and kids too love them.  DORA CAKE , Doraemon's favorite food also known as  Doriyaki, which is a Japanese  style sweet, fluffy golden pancake sandwich with a filling made of gooey sweet treats like chocolate spread or jam. It is a kid’s delight, simple to make and needs very few ingredients available in your pantry. It’s popularly known as Doraemon’s Dora Cake. 

My girls, when they were little, loved watching a Japanese cartoon series called Doraemon. Ever since Doraemon and Nobita's story has hit the TV channels, kids are crazy about this cartoon character and what more, they would want everything which has doraemon in it. So I thought to ease out the tension of all the mothers and help them to make Dora cake for their kids. Dora cakes can also be prepared as breakfast / evening snacks or to settle the little hunger pangs of the little ones. Dora cakes are loved not only  by kids but even adults, such as me, love it.

 I made this Dora cakes without using eggs and it’s very easy to make these cakes. I tried to keep this eggless dora cake recipe as simple as possible. The right consistency of the batter is very important, since you do not want your pancakes to be dry and hard. You can easily make these at home and your children will surely be loving it.  Dora cakes can be made from the basic ingredients and can be served as breakfast, dessert and even as snacks. For this recipe, I have used all-purpose flour (maida) but if you are planning to give Dora cakes a healthier touch then you can also make with whole wheat flour instead of all-purpose flour. 

Although it is a recipe for kids, the secret is that even I love this recipe. Lets see how to make this fluffy Dora cake. Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

INGREDIENTS :

1 Cup Refined Flour /Maida (see notes )

3/4 Cup Powder Sugar

3 tablespoon Condensed Milk

1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder

1 teaspoon Honey

1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence

1/2 Cup Milk

1 tablespoon Butter

For Filling :

Few tablespoons of Hazelnut Chocolate Spread / Chocolate Ganache ( see notes )

METHOD :

STEP 1 - In a mixing bowl, add sifted flour, powder sugar, baking powder, condensed milk, vanilla essence, honey and melted, room temperature butter.

Add milk and mix it using a hand whisk and make a lump free, free flowing batter 

STEP 2 - Cover it and keep this batter aside for 10 minutes.

STEP 3 - Heat a non stick pan on medium heat. Drop 2-3 drops of oil + water and spread all over with a tissue. With another tissue, wipe completely. The dry oil free surface of the pan ensures the characteristic evenly browned surface of the Dora cakes.

STEP 4 - Pour ¼ cup of batter on the pan. No need to spread the batter, it will spread and take shape on its own. Cover it with a lid.

STEP 5 -  Cook until the colour changes to golden brown. You will see the bubbles on the surface. It takes about a minute and a half.  ( see notes )

STEP 6- Gently flip the pancake using a silicon spatula and cook from the other side for about 30 seconds.

STEP 7 -  Repeat the same process and make all the pancakes with the rest of the batter.

STEP 8 - When done, transfer and keep it on a plate. 

STEP 9 -  Make all the pancakes and let them cool to room temperature.

STEP 10 - After cooling, take 1 pancake and spread some filling evenly on the light colour side (chocolate spread/ chocolate ganache) . ( see notes )

STEP 11- Take another pancake and place it. The brown side must be from outer side.

STEP 12 -  Slightly press it and Dora Cake is ready.  This yields 10 -12 pancakes and 5 - 6 pancake sandwiches.

STEP 13 - Likewise, make all the dora cakes with the rest and serve.

NOTES : * Here I have used all purpose flour but you can use whole wheat flour to make it more healthy.

* To serve, you can liberally spread the filling of your choice.

* You can use chocolate spread, hazelnut spread, jam or even peanut butter. 

* Keep the heat on medium / medium low throughout. They go from brown to black really quick!