Flan cake? If you know what it is do you have a recipe?
Last weekend we had this piece of cake that was flan but with cake. Had a crust like smearcase/Baltimore style cheesecake/gooey buttercake and the body of it was flan, nice solid (not watery or syrupy) brown rum/sugar top just baked on.
It all sat in harmony no real seperation and it was room temperature.
Well I have to make this thing. First I thought it was tres leches but realized after picking at my leftover cake it was flan cake.
Color me surprised! Who knows how to make this and why have I not heard about it before. Share the cake people.
This is not just flan! Flan I know on sight.
It is a solid baked custard (no weeping, no water, no syrup) with a cakey bottom.
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10 Comments:
I've heard of it but I've never tried it. I just know you make a flan base, pour it into a pan, then make a cake batter, pour it on top, and then bake it. I Googled the recipe and I keep coming up with versions that use a cake mix for the cake layer. I found a few Filipino versions that have a chiffon/sponge type cake batter:
http://www.allfavoriterecipe.com/RecipeDetailCakeFlan.aspx
http://www.recipezaar.com/Rum-Flan-Cake-14064
Perhaps there are Mexican and/or Spanish versions that suit what you are looking for. Good luck on your search.
Esmeralda at 12:46PM on 12/20/08
Is it a tres leches or quatro leches cake? It has a flan-like layer.
chgoeditor at 5:21PM on 12/20/08
Could be I can identify it by sight so if you see an image please post it.
JerzeeTomato at 5:38PM on 12/20/08
i do if i eat more than a pound.
dearrie at 6:10PM on 12/20/08
sorry pushed wrong button. damm gremlins.
dearrie at 6:19PM on 12/20/08
Was it a cream cheese flan? They have a heavier texture than normal flan.
gingercookiewithlime at 9:11PM on 12/20/08
I did not taste anything tangy.
JerzeeTomato at 10:31PM on 12/20/08
Ingrid Hoffman (food network) made what she called a cheesecake flan, but it looked a lot like what you described. It still looked like a custardy flan, but without the weeping or wateryness that you sometimes get from a flan. It didn't look like what I'd call a cheesecake.
You might be able to start with that, and if it's right, figure out the crust.
If it's not right, it still might be good..
dbcurrie at 11:31PM on 12/20/08
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_spivack/678419327/
This is what it looked like. Any ideas?
JerzeeTomato at 5:12AM on 12/22/08
Okay, I looked at the flickr photo and it doesn't look like the flan cakes I have seen. This photo, specifically the center of the dessert, looks like it's some kind of Asian rice cake made from glutinous (sticky) rice or sweet rice (glutinous) flour. I've eaten different versions of sticky rice cakes and they all seem to have a gooey/sticky/chewy mouthfeel in common. They are especially gooey/sticky when warm and then they develop more of "chew" to them when cooled. I'm not sure about the crust part, though. Did yours have a coconutty taste to it because the versions I've eaten were made with coconut milk.
Heres a recipe and a picture of a sticky rice cake but it doesn't have a bottom crust like your photo:
http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipes.recipeListing/filter/dianas/recipeID/3420/Recipe.cfm
What do you think?
Esmeralda at 12:00PM on 12/22/08