Silky Rich Chocoflan – 80-Minute Recipe
A silky, chocolatey flan that melts in your mouth—combining a rich chocolate cake batter with a velvety custard base, this dessert is both indulgent and surprisingly easy to make.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- pecans
- cajeta
Chocolate Cake Batter
- 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 10 tbsp butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- buttermilk, to taste
Flan Layer
- sweetened condensed milk
- evaporated milk
- 3 egg
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 4 oz cream cheese
Instructions
- 1Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and baking powder in a bowl.
- 2In a separate bowl, melt the butter and mix in the sugar until well combined.
- 3Crack one egg into the butter mixture and whisk until smooth.
- 4Alternately add the dry ingredients and buttermilk to the butter mixture, mixing until just combined.
- 5In a blender, combine sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, three whole eggs, vanilla extract, and cream cheese; blend until smooth.
- 6Grease a baking pan with butter.
- 7Pour the blended flan mixture into the prepared pan.
- 8Pour the chocolate cake batter over the flan layer, spreading evenly.
- 9Fill a shallow dish with water to about halfway up the sides of the pan and place the pan in the water bath.
- 10Cover the pan with aluminum foil and bake at 350°F (347°F) for about 60 minutes.
- 11Remove from the oven and let the chocoflan cool to room temperature for at least one hour before flipping to avoid collapse.
- 12Once cooled, garnish with chopped pecans and a drizzle of cajeta if desired. Serve and enjoy.
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Blend flan mixture first
Use the blender to combine the condensed milk, evaporated milk, eggs, vanilla, and cream cheese before preparing the cake batter.
Grease the pan
Apply butter to the baking pan before adding the flan mixture.
Use a water bath
Place the pan in a shallow dish with water reaching halfway up the sides before baking.
Cool before flipping
Let the chocoflan rest at room temperature for at least one hour after baking to prevent collapse when inverted.
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1 hr 20 min estimated total time for 8 servings.
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Frequently asked questions
- How long does it take to make Silky Rich Chocoflan?
- About 1 hour 20 minutes in total: 20 minutes of prep and 1 hour of cooking.
- How many servings does this Silky Rich Chocoflan recipe make?
- This recipe makes 8 servings as written; ingredient quantities on this page can be scaled.
- Where does this Silky Rich Chocoflan recipe come from?
- It was shared by Food Network on facebook.com. ReelsMeals structured the original post into this step-by-step card; the original is linked above.