Though the cake itself didn’t have much taste, the syrup and the soy powder give the raindrop a nutty flavor. The flavor tends to be so mild that some call them bland. There’s some debate over the taste of jelly cakes.
Jelly flowers can be flavored with the likes of dragonfruit, strawberry, and green tea, while coconut or coffee jelly often serves as the cake’s base.
It is a jelly-like dessert made from water and agar powder and it looks just like a giant raindrop. Raindrop cake is actually called “Mizu Shingen Mochi” in Japanese. The delicate cake dissolves in your mouth and is flavored with spring cherry blossoms, syrup and roasted soybean flour. This unique low-calorie dessert looks and tastes like a giant raindrop. Darren Wong is the creator of the Raindrop Cake that currently is being sold at Smorgasburg.
But if you can’t make it to the Big Apple this summer, check out how to make the water bead cake for yourself: How much does a Raindrop Cake cost? However, you can use half-sphere (etc.Debuting in America this spring, the renamed ‘Raindrop Cake’ will be available from Darren Wong at Brooklyn’s seasonal Smorgasburg food fair beginning this weekend. I used a silicone spherical ice mold to make these drop completely round. If you want your drop to flop down like real water, add more, otherwise just do as package instruction then the shape will hold.
Note that gelatin is not vegan, so if that is a concern, be sure to consider something else.Īs stated, the more water concentration the softer your drop will be. Just watch or maybe test with different levels of water to see which would give the best water shape. Now, if you can’t find any carrageenan, then agar powder, gelatin, and the like can be substituted as well. So if you can’t find the brand in a nearby store, try carrageenan and use the same or more water ratio as package instruction. This CoolAgar is formulated of Carrageenan, a gelling agent. Most of the drops in Japan are made using CoolAgar with a larger ratio of water (to make it wiggly soft and clear). Of course, the type of jelly powder being used is what makes one drop different from another. Of course, white pure sugar or any nonbrown color sugar would work. To make sure the drop is clear, using distilled water is recommended.