Copenhagen Flan Recipes

DECADENT BUTTERSCOTCH FLAN

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350 degrees F. Butter eight individual 6-ounce custard cups. Line a large baking or roasting pan with a doubled paper towel. Set aside. Bring 5 cups of water to boiling in a medium pan. Place 1 tablespoon topping into each custard cup.
• BEAT together cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until smooth. Blend in milk. Divide egg mixture evenly into 8 custard cups. Place cups in prepared pan. Pour boiling water carefully into the larger pan, to a level halfway up the sides of the custard cups.
• BAKE 35 to 40 minutes or until a paring knife inserted halfway between pan and center of filling comes out clean. Do not overcook. Remove cups from hot water bath and cool on rack for 1 hour or until room temperature. With a sharp thin knife, loosen edge of custard. Invert cups onto individual serving plates. Let stand a few seconds. Remove cup and spoon remaining topping in the bottom of the cup over custard. Sprinkle with nutmeg.
• VARIATION
• CREME CARAMEL: Replace Buttersctoch topping with Smucker's Hot Caramel Topping and omit the nutmeg.

SPANISH FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, melt sugar until liquefied and golden in color. Carefully pour hot syrup into a 9 inch round glass baking dish, turning the dish to evenly coat the bottom and sides. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat eggs. Beat in condensed milk, evaporated milk and vanilla until smooth. Pour egg mixture into baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven 60 minutes. Let cool completely.
• To serve, carefully invert on serving plate with edges when completely cool.

CHOCOFLAN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with cooking spray. Pour and spread caramel topping in bottom of pan.
• In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and 3 eggs with electric mixer on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour batter over caramel topping in pan.
• In blender, place Flan ingredients. Cover; blend on high speed about 20 seconds or until smooth. Slowly pour mixture evenly over batter. (Flan mixture will mix with batter, but they will separate during baking, forming 1 layer of cake and 1 layer of flan.) Spray piece of foil with cooking spray, and place sprayed side down over top of pan; cover tightly.
• Place cake pan in large roasting pan; add 1 inch of hot water to roasting pan.
• Bake 1 hour 20 minutes to ensure cake AND flan layer bake completely (toothpick inserted in center of cake will come out clean). Remove cake pan from water bath to cooling rack; remove foil. Cool at room temperature 1 hour. Refrigerate in pan, uncovered, 2 hours.
• Remove from refrigerator; run thin metal spatula around outer and inside edges of pan to loosen cake. Place serving plate upside down on cake pan; turn plate and pan over. Remove pan. Spoon any remaining caramel from pan over top of cake. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE FLAN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat 12-cup fluted tube pan with no-stick cooking spray. Place piece of rolled up foil in tube of pan to prevent cake from baking over top. Pour caramel topping into prepared pan.
• Prepare cake mix according to package directions using the water, oil and eggs. Pour evenly over caramel topping.
• Combine cream cheese, eggs, sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and vanilla in blender container. Process until blended. Pour slowly over cake batter. NOTE: While baking, the cake rises and the milk mixture goes to the bottom.
• Coat piece of foil with no-stick cooking spray. Cover pan, coated side down, tightly with foil. Place pan in large roasting pan. Pour hot water into roasting pan to a depth of 2 inches.
• Bake 2 hours or until toothpick in center still has a few moist crumbs. Place cake on cooling rack. Cool 15 minutes. Remove foil and invert onto serving plate. Cool 1 hour at room temperature. Chill 4 hours or overnight.

COPENHAGEN FLAN

Steps:

• Prepare a moderately hot oven 400°F Place an 8-inch fluted flan ring on a baking sheet.
• Place flour and salt in a bowl; cut fats into small pieces until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs; Add about 1 1/2 tbsp cold water and mix with a fork to form a firm dough; Turn out on to a floured board and knead lightly; Roll out pastry to a circle, 1 1/2 in larger all around than flan ring; Support pastry on rolling pin and lift on to flan rings: gently ease pastry into flan ring and press into flutes; Roll of surplus pastry with rolling pin across top of flan case; Press pastry into flutes again with the fingers.
• Spread jam in base of flan case.
• Cream margarine and sugar together until light; Beat egg and add gradually, beating well after each addition; Fold in flour; Place 4 tablespoons of the top of the milk in a small saucepan; reserve for topping; Stir remainder into creamed mixture with almond extract; Pour mixture into flan case.
• Bake in centre of oven for 20 to 25 minutes; remove flan ring.
• Meanwhile, make topping.
• Chop almonds, place on a baking sheet in bottom of oven for about 10 minutes, to brown.
• Add butter and brown sugar to reserved top of the milk in saucepan; stir over a moderate heat until sugar has melted.
• Bring to the boil and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Stir in browned almonds.
• Spread topping over flan and return flan to oven; cook for a further 10 minutes.
• Serve warm or cold.