Kurofune Dorayaki

Dorayaki made by a famous Castella store, the dough is delicious for sure.

“Kurofune Dorayaki” made by Kurofune locates n Jiyugaoka, Tokyo is a bean-jelly pancake. Kurofune is popular as a fashionable sweets shop in famous department stores. I think it was more than ten years ago that Kurofune appeared like a comet, and now it is one of the most famous sponge cake stores in Japan.

The confectionery is well known for its sophisticated stores and designs, and the package of “Kurofune Dorayaki” is also stylish finish. The unique packaging looks like wrapped in a Japanese paper drawstring bag.

An half-moon shaped dorayaki is included in the package.

Kurofune has focused on specially making dough for all their varietiy of sweets, such as sponge cakes and baumkuchen and all of them are popular. This dorayaki crusts should be delicious as well as the other confectionaries.

The dough is very sticky and springy though, it has fluffy texture at the same time. It seems that rice flour is used.

It is fluffy and springy dorayaki crust. Having the light Ogura an, sweet bean paste and light sweet dough with faintly brown sugar scent are perfectoly well balanced.