Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Dorayaki is a type of Japanese confection which consists of two small pancake-like patties made from castella wrapped around a filling of sweet red bean paste. It originally only had one layer, and the current shape was invented in 1914 by the Ueno Usagiya. In Japanese, dora means "gong", and because of the simililarity of the shapes, this is probably the origin of the name of the sweet. Legend has it that the first Dorayaki were made when a samurai named Benkei forgot his gong (dora) upon leaving a farmer’s home where he was hiding and the farmer subsequently used the gong to fry the pancakes, thus the name Dorayaki. In Kansai area, such as Osaka or Nara, this sweet is often called mikasa. The word originally means triple straw hat, but also an alternative name of Mount Wakakusa, a low hill with gentle slope located in Nara. Many local people picture the shape of this hill while eating a mikasa. In Nara, a larger mikasa of about 30 cm in diameter is famous.

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