What you see is not a raindrop, what you see is a zero-calorie cake. The cake, which looks like a drop, originates from Japan, where it goes by the name Mizu Shingen Mochi. The transparent dessert is made from mineral water and agar, a gelling agent from seaweed (a vegetarian alternative to gelatin).
We are like children raindrops adjusted the language, and the Japanese made a dessert out of a drop. If it rained cakes, would you still be complaining about the rainy weather? Well, it's not really raindrops, but sophisticated calorie-free dessert, which originally bears the title Mizu Shingen Mochi.
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For "teardrop" cake Mizu Shingen Mochi is characterized by keeping its shape but still having the texture of water. It is very fragile and delicate a dessert enriched with spices, soy or sugar syrup. The taste of the cake is not much different from water, but it relies mainly on the feeling in the mouth when, like mercury, glides on the tongue.
Mizu Shingen Mochi is probably the only cake you can have indulge completely without a bad conscience. You can also prepare it yourself (how, see the video), and if you don't like it, you can have a few sips of water instead, which is practically the same thing. You won't notice a big difference in (dis)taste. A cake after approx. 30 minutes it "falls apart", so she definitely won't stay.
Recipe for a cake that looks like a raindrop:
More information:
raindropcake.com
