Raindrop cake or Japanese water cake
A popular Instagram cake looks like a drop of water and can evaporate in one case.
Mizu Shingen mochi dessert is made of water and agar which is served with brown sugar syrup (kuromitsu) and soy flour (kinako). The name raindrop cake under which he is popular on Instagram was given because it looks like a drop of water.
Shingen mochi is a Japanese confectionery that designed this dessert back in 2013 and named it, and as more and more people are discovering it, its popularity on social networks is growing.
Many are fascinated by its sweet appearance, like a drop of water, and its hectic, gelatinous texture. When you put it in your mouth, it melts quickly, and the sweetness of kinako (soy flour) and kuromitsu (dark brown sugar syrup) gradually expands. This light and simple dessert is perfect for hot and humid summers in Japan, and what is especially interesting is that it needs to be eaten quickly after preparation and removal from the mold because otherwise, it will evaporate! Specifically, the water in it will evaporate as an important ingredient of this cake.
We are not sure if there is any pastry shop near us where we would have the opportunity to try it, but if you are enthusiastic enough, and if you manage to find the ingredients for it, you can easily prepare it yourself. As we said, it is a very simple jelly made from water, agar, and a small amount of sugar and sprinkled with syrup and soy flour.
If you can't find Japanese dark brown sugar syrup (kuromitsu), you can replace it with another dark brown syrup-like palm sugar syrup or maple syrup, and if you can't find soy flour (kinako), you can do without it. If you wish, you can also add fruit syrup to the jelly to get a nice color or put fruit inside.
Ingredients:
- 300 ml of water
- 2 grams of powdered agar
- 1 teaspoon of granulated sugar
- 3 or 4 tablespoons of dark brown sugar syrup (kuromitsu)
- 2 or 3 tablespoons of soy flour (Kinako)
Preparation:
- Moisten the mold with water, then drain.
- Put powdered agar and water in a pan and mix well. Cook over medium heat, stirring gently. When it boils, reduce the heat and cook for 2-3 minutes until completely melted. Add sugar to the agar solution and stir to dissolve.
- Pour the resulting solution into a mold and allow it to cool to room temperature, then place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour or until cool and squeeze.
- Remove the jelly from the mold just before eating and make sure it doesn't stay (too) long on the plate so it doesn't evaporate.
