Alas, my attempts were fruitless.
Again, I do not have round pancake molds at my disposal, so I was left to fend for myself. I tried pouring the batter into a circle, but I could not — even after using the spatula to force a rounder shape. You're supposed to cook the pancakes for about 4-6 minutes on each side, but at this point, the bottoms were completely burned and my fluffy pancake batter was no more.
All this is to say that cooking Japanese soufflé pancakes is no beginner's task, I assume even with the molds. While my second attempt was certainly valiant, in the end, I really just cooked a stack of burned pancakes. They were slightly fluffier than those I might normally consume on a Saturday morning, but for the amount of effort I put into the process, they were not worth it.
So while I acknowledge that I am a walking kitchen disaster, I'm also confident that cooking these fluffy pancakes demands so much precision that it's a gamble for many cooks, so embark with caution—and I would probably invest in some pancake molds if you do.
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