Chocolate Flan Cake
Chocolate Flan Cake is a heavenly dessert with moist chocolate cake topped with a smooth creamy layer of flan, and a glossy caramel glaze. A delightful and stunning combination of flavors and textures that you must try!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr 30 min
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1⅔ cups heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
- ¾ can sweetened condensed milk
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon espresso powder
- 3 large eggs
- ¾ cup neutral oil
- ¾ cup sour cream (or Greek yogurt)
- ¾ cup hot water (not boiling)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
- 1
To Make the Caramel
- 2
Spray a 12-cup bundt cake pan well.
- 3
Add the sugar for the caramel into a saucepan pan on medium heat and let it caramelize.
- 4
Once all melted, add to the bottom of the bundt pan.
- 5
To Make the Flan
- 6
In a bowl, mix the heavy cream, vanilla extract, eggs, and the sweetened condensed milk until smooth and combined.
- 7
To make the cake
- 8
In a bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, espresso powder, and cocoa powder.
- 9
In a separate bowl, mix the oil, sour cream, hot water, eggs, and vanilla. Then, fold into the dry ingredients.
- 10
Mix until the batter is well combined.
- 11
To Layer and Bake the Chocolate Flan Cake
- 12
Add the chocolate cake batter on top of the caramel.
- 13
Once the cake batter is placed, pour the flan layer evenly on top of the chocolate cake batter.
- 14
Place the Bundt pan in a larger pan and fill the side halfway with boiling water to create a water bath.
- 15
Bake in a preheated oven at 350℉ for 1 to 1 hour and 30 minutes, checking the cake doneness with a skewer. It should come out clean.
- 16
Once done, remove from water bath and let it cool at room temperature for 1 hour, then put it in the fridge for 2 hours.
- 17
Once done, loosen the edges with a knife and flip onto a cake plate.