In the wake of the massively disappointing salad cake we have a new hopeful for you: water cake. Made with water and agar, the gloriously domed ‘raindrop cake’ is taking Instagram by storm with its magnificent curves.

A quick picture after my first bite of the @raindropcake during my video shoot. It was so refreshing. #raindropcake #food #foodphotography

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It’s the creation of Darren Wong of Smorgasburg in Brooklyn, New York, who was inspired by a Japanese product called shingen mochi.

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It is, however, in no way a cake – or even really food. According to Buzzfeed, it contains zero calories itself, although it’s served with roasted soybean flour and brown sugar syrup for flavour.

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The Japanese version is sometimes served with matcha, or flavoured like jelly (when it unfortunately loses its perfect raindrop clarity).

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We have several questions, some mildly caustic. However, it does remind us of that joyous childhood occupation of pouring water into lotus leaves to watch it form rolling marbles.

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