Neopolitan Flan Aka Caramel Flan Cake Recipes

CREAMY CARAMEL FLAN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a small, heavy saucepan over medium-low heat, cook sugar, stirring, until golden. Pour into a 10 inch round baking dish, tilting to coat bottom and sides. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until well incorporated. Beat in condensed and evaporated milk and vanilla until smooth. Pour into caramel coated pan. Line a roasting pan with a damp kitchen towel. Place baking dish on towel, inside roasting pan, and place roasting pan on oven rack. Fill roasting pan with boiling water to reach halfway up the sides of the baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven 50 to 60 minutes, until center is just set. Cool one hour on wire rack, then chill in refrigerator 8 hours or overnight. To unmold, run a knife around edges of pan and invert on a rimmed serving platter.

NEOPOLITAN FLAN (AKA CARAMEL FLAN CAKE)

Steps:

• DIRECTIONS.
• PAN AND OVEN PREP:.
• Use a deep 9 inch round pan, and a larger pan to set it in for a bain marie(water bath).
• Put empty cake pan into larger pan and, holding the cake pan down so it doesn't float, add hot water to a depth of 3/4 inch.
• Remove cake pan from larger pan and put larger pan in oven to preheat all to 350*F while making cake.
• CARAMEL LAYER:.
• Mix sugar and 1 Tbs water and heat until caramelized(brownish in color).
• Carefully add remaining water and stir to dissolve.
• Pour into, and cover bottom of, 9 inch round pan.
• Set aside.
• FLAN LAYER:.
• Pour warm milk into beaten egg and vanilla mix; making sure not to cause eggs to foam.
• Strain the mixture 3 TIMES, making sure there are no solid particles left.
• Set aside.
• SPONGE CAKE LAYER :.
• Mix all ingredients on high speed for 7 to 8 minutes until the mix becomes light and fluffy.
• Divide into 3 portions, tint 1 portion pink and another green(see picture).
• Pour pudding mixture carefully over caramel layer in cake pan.
• Carefully pour layers of the tinted and untinted cake batter over this, alternating colors(see picture).
• Layer of cake batter will look messy but will smooth out after a few minutes.
• Return cake pan to bain marie and bake for 1 hour.
• Cool on cake rack for 10 minutes before flipping onto serving plate.