How to Make Ube Cheese Obanyaki (Imagawayaki) - Japanese Wheel Cake Recipe

About:

Obanyaki or Imagawayaki is a Japanese dessert often found at Japanese festivals as well as outside Japan. It is made of batter in a special pan (similar to a waffle iron but without the honeycomb pattern) and filled with sweet azuki bean paste, although it is becoming increasingly popular to use a wider variety of fillings such as vanilla custard, different fruit custards and preserves, curry, different meat and vegetable fillings, potato and mayonnaise. In this recipe, I used Ube Cheese as its filling. It is a very delicious and perfect snack for kids!

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/9j0eSC4g_wg

Ingredients

Serves 4 to 6 (16 to 20pcs)

[batter mixture]

60g Sugar – https://amzn.to/2ZrR6AE
10g Honey – https://amzn.to/3qpCBcl
2 pcs Egg – https://amzn.to/3dt5wJ3
A pinch of Salt – https://amzn.to/3sfR0sj
100g Glutinous Rice Flour – https://amzn.to/3pD1Nep
225ml Water
300g All Purpose Flour – https://amzn.to/3dhc5ya
8g Baking Powder – https://amzn.to/3aw80V7
8g Baking Soda – https://amzn.to/3dnrRYo
225ml Milk – https://amzn.to/3ptUmGi
10g Vegetable Oil – https://amzn.to/2ZsFjln

[ube cheese filling]

192g Ube Halaya (12g each filling) – https://youtu.be/p8tNkqXhBuM
192g Cheese (12g each filling) – https://amzn.to/2OO6oh1

Steps

In a bowl, add sugar, honey, salt, egg and mix well
Add water and glutinous rice flour and set aside for 20 mins
Mix well
Sift all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda
Add sifted flour mixture and milk alternatively little by little
Once all the mixtures are incorporated, add vegetable oil and mix well
Chill in the fridge for an hour
Grease the pan
Low heat, add a small amount of batter mixture
Flip to fill with batter mixture on the other side of the pan
Add the red bean paste filling and add some more batter mixture on top of the filling
Close the pan and cook both sides for 3 – 5 minutes on low heat