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Raindrop cake at Smogasborg, New York

In New York, the latest social media food trend is the Japanese dessert known as mizu shingen mochi which looks exactly like a giant drop of water. The crystalline creation was brought to New York by Darren Wong, who’s dubbed his version the Raindrop Cake.  The sweet treat is made with water just solidified with agar (a vegetable gelatine) and served over brown sugar syrup and kinako (roasted soy flour). The orb-like cakes can be sliced like any soft jelly but will melt if left out for too long.

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