Flan Chocolate Cake I Made It

Flan Chocolate Cake

pointsevenout 8 years ago
Recipe by Ahmed1: Flan Chocolate Cake/saved
Oh please, everyone, make this cake!
And if you don't want to eat it, just rub it on your hips. :)
Chocolate cake with baked custard topped with caramel sauce.
I went out and bought an angel food cake pan just to make this dish.
There is no temperature specified in the recipe. I assumed a medium oven at 350F. It turned out fine. All directions turned out exactly.
I had trouble pouring the flan slow enough on top of the cake batter. As a result, mine did not turn out as pretty as Ahmed's.
It does go together very quickly.
This was a dress rehearsal for a pot-luck next week.
It's a little loose, in that the flan wants to fall off the cake, to transfer a slice to a plate while still warm. But let it come to room temp and it transfers just fine.

Haven't seen any activity on this site from Ahmed1 for a long long time.
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Karen_B 8 years ago said:

Wow! Looks delicious - and rich! Saved.

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bakerme 8 years ago said:

My hips don't need anything else stuck to them, but that does look yummy!

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mommyluvs2cook 8 years ago said:

What a neat recipe!! I haven't had flan in a while to know if I like the texture now, but I love clafouti and I think they are similar? Anyway, looks great PSO!

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

Wow. That looks like a lot of work, pso. A little bit of that would go a long way!

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pointsevenout 8 years ago said:

Made this again. This time for a pot-luck. Did some research on how to make caramel sauce for flans.
Was very slow to pour the flan on top of the chocolate cake batter so it would stay on top. Also put a plug of tin foil in the center hole of the baking pan to keep any batter from leaking out into the center. Also put tin foil on the top.
I believe because of the foil it took an extra half hour to bake. But that's OK. Skewer came out with just a couple crumbs on it and the temp probe registered 180F.
Let the cake cool for an hour then refrigerated for two days.
Took it to the pot-luck not knowing how it would turn out once it was relieved from its mold. Soaked the bottom of the mold in hot water for a couple of minutes to soften up any of the caramel sauce that would want to stick to the mold. Chased the outline of the mold with a butter knife and gave it a few jiggles to make sure all would release.
Flopped it over onto the serving plate..................and it was just gorgeous. The eye-catching centerpiece of the desserts table.
Pic is on the recipe page.

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

That is absolutely gorgeous, pso. Fantastic! Congratulations. :-)
Is it all gone?

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pointsevenout 8 years ago said:

Yup!

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mommyluvs2cook 8 years ago said:

That looks fabulous! Michael swears he doesn't like flan, but after seeing your picture, says he will give it another try this way. We had it at a kids birthday party years ago and it was not good, I think it was poorly made. Need to try it again!!!

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