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large round filled cake
A round, flat Japanese cake made from batter cooked in a circular mold and filled with sweet bean paste or other fillings.
大判焼きを二つください。
Two oobanyaki, please.
屋台で焼きたての大判焼きを買った。
I bought freshly baked oobanyaki at a street stall.
この店の大判焼きはクリーム入りが一番人気だ。
At this shop, the cream-filled oobanyaki is the most popular.
A popular Japanese street food consisting of a round cake made from a wheat flour batter, cooked in a special iron mold and filled with 餡 (sweet red bean paste), custard cream, or savory fillings. The name 大判 refers to a large oval gold coin from the Edo period, which the cake's shape resembles.
COMMON FILLINGS:
- 小倉餡: sweet red bean paste (classic)
- カスタードクリーム: custard cream
- 白餡: white bean paste
- チョコレート: chocolate
REGIONAL NAMES:
This food is known by many names depending on the region. The variety of names is a well-known topic in Japanese culture:
- 今川焼き: the most widely recognized name, used in the Kanto region
- 回転焼き: used in Kansai and western Japan
- おやき: used in parts of Hokkaido and Tohoku
- 太鼓まんじゅう: used in some areas
SIMILAR WORDS:
- たい焼き: a fish-shaped filled cake — uses similar batter and filling but shaped like a sea bream
- どら焼き: a pancake-like cake with bean paste — two flat rounds sandwiching the filling rather than a single molded cake