Description
Bite-sized, corn-shaped sponge cakes filled with piping hot custard cream. Famously sold inside Korean subway stations and highway rest areas.
Restaurants serving Delimanjoo (Corn-shaped Custard Cake)
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The Recipe section below is a general reference, not a recipe from the listed shops.
Recipe
Ingredients
- Wheat flour
- Egg
- Sugar
- Custard cream
- Butter
Instructions
- Pour batter into corn-shaped molds.
- Pipe in custard cream.
- Bake both sides until golden.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Intense sweet aroma of butter and custard
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Custard-filled baby castella
Pairing
Hot Coffee / Milk
Trivia
[Trivia] A portmanteau of Delicious and Manjoo. The intense sweet scent near ticket gates is jokingly called 'a terror attack destroying the rationality of commuters'.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] The fresh custard bursts out like magma. Eat carefully directly from the paper bag while blowing on it to avoid burns.
Allergen
Wheat, Egg, Dairy