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Bring the eggs to room temperature.
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Sift the cocoa powder with a tea strainer before adding to the other flours; sift the flours together.
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Dissolve the baking soda in water.
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Beat the eggs in a bowl.
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Add the sugar in two batches while beating with a handheld mixer.
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Add the honey and mirin while beating, and continue to beat until the batter is thick and creamy.
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Keep beating until the batter forms a thick ribbon that remains on the surface of the batter for a while when your whisk is lifted.
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Add the baking soda combination and mix in well.
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Add the sifted flours and fold them in, trying not to overmix.
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10
Change to using a rubber spatula, add 2 tablespoons of milk and mix quickly.
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(See Helpful Hints)
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Cover the batter with plastic wrap, and rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
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Make the chocolate custard filling in the meantime.
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See.
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Chill when it's done.
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Heat a frying pan over low heat, add just a tiny bit of oil, and wipe out any excess with kitchen towels.
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Pour in the batter to about an 8-10 cm diameter pancake and cook.
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The heat should be very low.
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Cover with a lid and cook for 1-2 minutes.
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When the top of the pancake forms air bubbles, turn it over and cook on the other side for about 20-30 seconds.
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Take out the pancake.
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Cover the cooked pancakes immediately
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Make the chocolate whipped cream.
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Put the chopped up chocolate in a bowl, add 2 tablespoons of cream and microwave for 20 to 30 seconds to melt the chocolate.
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Add the chocolate liqueur to the Step 9 mixture and mix well.
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Leave to cool down.
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Whip up the remaining heavy cream in a bowl until it's very thick.
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Add the cooled down mixture from Step 10, and the chocolate whipped cream is done.
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Put it into a piping bag ready to go.
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Assemble the dorayaki.
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Pipe out some of the whipped cream onto a pancake, and put some custard cream in the middle.
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Cover with another pancake.
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Cut a shaped hole in a piece of paper, place the paper on top of a dorayaki and dust with powdered sugar for a cute finish.
