Raindrop Cake Recipe - Strawberry & Cherry blossom filling

Step 1

Soak 6 dried edible cherry blossoms in cold water. Cut some pineapple or any other fruits you like into small cubes. Wash and pat dry 2 small strawberries. Optionally, cut the strawberries into flower shape using a mini cookie cutter. Keep the strawberries in the freezer of 30 minutes.

Step 2

Soak 6 balloons in cold water.

Step 3

Add 4 cups of cold water and 1 tsp of agar agar powder (or 20g Chinese jelly powder, this powder can your raindrop cakes look more clear and transparent) to a small saucepot. Stir until the agar agar powder and water are well combined. Turn on the heat to medium high, bring the mixture to a boil. Once the mixture is boiling, keep stirring over medium heat for 5 minutes until the mixture turns transparent.

Step 4

Remove the agar agar mixture from the burner, let cool under room temperature for about 10 minutes until it's warm instead of hot.

Step 5

Meanwhile, insert the cherry blossoms and fruit fillings into the balloons. I stretched the opening of the balloons with a mini cookie cutter, then inserted the fillings with my little finger. You can also use a straw or a chopstick.

Step 6

Using a funnel, pour the agar agar mixture into a flip top water bottle.

Step 7

Carefully slide a balloon's opening over the bottle's nozzle, use your left hand to tightly hold the balloon's opening, use your right hand to squeeze the agar agar water into the balloon. Fill the balloon until it's about the size of an orange.

Step 8

Slide the balloon off of the nozzle, then tie it. How to tie a balloon.

Step 9

Keep the water balloons in refrigerator for 3 hours to overnight until they are fully set.

Step 10

Meanwhile, prepare some brown sugar syrup (see how to make brown sugar syrup in this post), roasted soybean powder, or Biscoff biscuit powder.

Step 11

Hold the raindrop cake balloon over a plate, use a pair of scissors to cut off the knot of the balloon, remove the balloon from the raindrop cake.

Step 12

To serve, drizzle some brown sugar syrup, roasted soybean powder, or some Biscoff biscuit powder on top of the cake.

Step 13

You can let the raindrop cakes can stay in the balloons and keep them in the fridge for up to 3 days.