Edible raindrop cake
Refrigerate the mochi for several hours or overnight.Ħ. Pour the liquid into the jelly molds and pop any bubbles you see.ĥ. Continue heating and stirring, at 30 second intervals, until the agar is completely dissolved, 5 to 10 minutes.Ĥ. While stirring, sprinkle in the agar powder.ģ. Microwave 30 seconds and stir until the sugar dissolves. Mix the water and sugar in a microwaveable measuring cup.Ģ. All of the ingredients and the dewdrop-shaped jelly mold can be purchased online.ġ. You can whip up your own raindrop cakes (but you'd better eat them fast) with the recipe below from The Cooking of Joy. But when you look this good, who needs flavor?
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How does the raindrop itself taste? “Like water-flavored Jell-o,” wrote one blogger who had made her own.
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True to the original recipe, Wong's raindrop cakes will be served with a drizzle of brown sugar syrup and a dusting of kinako, or roasted soybean flour. “It’s very delicate and fragile.”Įventually, he got it. Some people have speculated that the chemistry of Japanese mineral water may be necessary to achieve the perfect consistency. “The cake has to maintain its shape but still have the texture of water,” Wong said. New York City water may be good for bagels, but dewdrop cake is something altogether. Wong told Huffington Post that adapting the ephemeral dessert here was trickier than he expected. In fact, the original mizu shingen mochi was made with spring water from the Japanese Alps and was only available in two Japanese cafes-both of which quickly became foodie destinations. The Japanese treat called mizu shingen mochi, or “water droplet cake,” can only last about 30 minutes at room temperature before vanishing like the morning dew. Now, New York City foodies can get in on the trend, as enterprising American chef Darren Wong is offering it at Brooklyn "food flea market" Smorgasburg.
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With dewdrop cake (also called raindrop cake), you get both: a work of culinary art, and a dessert craze that has patrons lining up for a taste. Nobody does pretty-looking food or edible fads quite like the Japanese. Posted by The Huffington Post on Thursday, March 31, 2016 Raindrop Cake Looks Awesome And Is Almost Zero CaloriesThis raindrop cake is making its U.S.