"raindrop cake" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: raindrop cakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} raindrop cake (plural raindrop cakes)
  1. A dessert made with water and agar which resembles a drop of water, sometimes with fruit suspended inside (first popular in Japan circa 2014). Wikipedia link: raindrop cake Categories (topical): Desserts Translations (dessert made with water and agar): 水信玄餅 (mizu shingen mochi) (Japanese), regndroppskaka [common-gender] (Swedish)

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