This is the Nissin Foods Hotcake Mix Goku Mochi, which promises to yield extremely fluffy and bouncy hotcakes.
Each bag contained four individually sealed 180 g portions of the mix to which 1 egg (50 g) and 3/4 milk (170 mL) is added. To achieve the perfect pancake, the instructions directed heating the pan on medium heat and then cooling it down by placing it on a wet towel before adding one portion of batter evenly to the pan and cooking on low heat for 3 minutes on one side and then 3 minutes on the other.
One portion of batter yielded 4 hotcakes each around 10 cm in diameter and rising to an impressive 1-1.25 cm in height. Upon tasting, the pancakes had a fragrant hint of vanilla with a tender, fluffy and moist texture — all descriptors that are a far cry from the limp pancakes made from Western instant pancake mixes.
The packaging also provided a simple recipe for turning one 180 g portion of the mix into a 20 cm matcha pound cake by adding eggs (2 or 100 g), milk (45 mL), butter (50g), sugar (45 g) and matcha (5 g), then baking in a preheated oven at 170°C for 40-45 minutes. The result was a tender and moist pound cake with an enjoyable matcha flavour and balanced sweetness without bitterness.
The Nissin Foods Hotcake Mix Goku Mochi was a versatile hotcake mix with an extremely mochi texture as promised. However, we prefer the Showa Mochicco Hotcake Mix for its more buttery, maple syrup flavour, which made it more enjoyable without additional condiments, as well as its smaller portion size, which made it more suited to a portion for a single person.
This Nissin Foods Hotcake Mix Goku Mochi contained 3 x 180 g bags. It was produced in Japan and purchased in Sydney, Australia in 2022.