'Master, the window in the room is broken. Wind will seep through.' A sudden sweet but bitter feeling overcame me.Īh, that's right, I was the one who was locked away. 'Meow- Meow-' Something warm grazed the side of my hands. It seems like my reactions have slowed down even the sensation of pain felt like it was delayed. I lost my balance and fell to the ground. No matter the situation, sakuras had the ability to bring a smile to his face.Īs I grabbed for the sakura petal, everything became pitch black. 'Where did this beautiful sakura petal come from?' I stuck out my hand and reached for it. I squint through the darkness and my eyes begin to focus on a silver sakura petal falling gracefully in front of me. I turned around to see where this sound was coming from and I saw a familiar light pass through the darkness.Įven in this darkness, a speck of moonlight still shines. It must have been my imagination.īut then I heard the creaking sound of loosening boards. Where is this sound coming from? Am I hearing things? Perhaps it is calling for me in this darkness. All I have now are the sweet but painful memories of Master Attendant. How great would it be if everything ended now.Īfter that day, I lost the ability to feel both of my legs. I begin to lose perception of what's real. My feet grows colder as the rain continues to fall. A chill sends shivers down the spine as the feeling of sorrow is brought to life. in the end, everyone dies around me.'Īs the rain falls, the air grows colder. Why didn't you tell me?' The sound of my voice was as cold as the rain.'You're the same. I didn't want to believe that Master Attendant was gone forever. Perhaps it was the rain that caused his body to lose its warmth and feel ever so cold. I reached out to hold his hand, but all I felt was the cold stiff fingers of a corpse. I fell to the wet ground as I looked into Master's lifeless eyes. Master Attendant was murdered in the rain, but it wasn't a Fallen Angel who did it.

Surrounded by darkness, the sound of rain reminds me of a past too painful to forget. Perhaps, this is the sound of death.Įach droplet ends its short life as it becomes one with the soil. * optional – since it’s summer, I think adding a bit of minty flavor to the raindrop cake really helps cool down the heat.The sound of these droplets of rain. 1 tsp mint extract (or 2 drops of mint oil)*.So please enjoy this healthy dessert, it’s like eating air 🙂 Ingredients So instead, I found that a semi-spherical bowl works the best, especially if it’s glass since you can dip the glass bowl in warm water prior to removing the cake and it will slide out easily. Red bean is a very popular ingredient in Japanese and Chinese desserts and you can get the recipe here.Īt first, I tried to use a silicone ice ball maker to put the raindrop cake but the ‘cake’ was way too soft that I couldn’t remove it from the ball. The whole concept is that since the raindrop cake is basically flavorless gelatin, you need to have ‘accessories’ that adds flavor and sweetness. I also substituted the kinako and kuromitsu with chunky red bean paste and heavy cream. Now, if you want to make this completely vegan, then you can use agar. For me, I prefer the gelatin texture over the agar texture so I’m substituting agar with gelatin.

So it’s much harder to find agar agar unless you have a Asian market near you or else you can buy it on Amazon. The hardest part about making the raindrop cake is the ratio of gelatin and water. I guess you can call it a dieter’s dessert. So what’s so special about the raindrop cake? It just look amazing with a dome shaped gelatin and very mild flavor. Instead of using rice as the mochi, mineral water and agar was used in its place. Turns out it was originally known as Shingen Mochi (信玄餅) which is made of rice cake with kinako (roasted soy flour) and kuromitsu (black sugar syrup). I have never heard of the raindrop cake until recently even though I worked in Japan in the late 1990’s.

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