Rain Drop Cake seems to be super popular dessert nowadays because of its delicious taste and its unique look! So what is Rain Drop Cake? It’s a jelly-like dessert made from mineral water and agar powder. It’s clear like a rain drop and has a slightly tasteless but sweet flavour that goes perfectly with soy powder and brown sugar sauce (“kuromitsu” in Japanese). It’s a very low calorie dessert and also healthy!
Rain drop cake is actually called “Mizu Shingen Mochi” in Japanese. The dessert originated Yamanashi prefecture, which has a Japanese sweets shop that first sold this dessert. Because it only stays in its raindrop form for about 30 minutes so you can’t do takeaway, you have to eat it there. Apparently, there is always a queue at that shop because of how popular this dessert is. It’s such a simple dessert but it’s so delicious and popular.The key to making this rain drop cake very crystal clear like a rain drop is to use mineral water and make sure the water to agar powder ratio is correct. You should also make sure you use a quality agar powder. I used one called Cool Agar which I ordered on Amazon from Japan. You can also buy the toppings (the soy bean powder and the brown sugar sauce) from the online asian grocery store, Fish and Soy. You can also find the rain drop molds on Amazon, but I made mine in a big, round ice cube maker. So you don’t need to buy a fancy mold, you can just use a cheap one like I did or make it just in a cup or bowl. My mold was 5.5cm in diameter. But you can make it whatever size you want. This is such an amazing dessert to make and is actually really easy to make so I really hope you like it!
