Flan Cake

For years now, I’ve wanted to make this cake. Buti nalang I ran into Cusinera’s blog on how to do this. I’ve been making Leche Flans since I was in high school, and I have sort of perfected it na.. ehem ehem.. hehehe oh well, at least for my loved ones who loves it, perfect sya.. hehehe… Recently, I have successfully baked a chiffon cake too. So the thing is how to put it together.

Anyway, since it’s a long holiday, and I want to have a special cake for my birthday, I tried my very own Flan Cake (others call this Custard Cake, Cusinera called it Leche Flan Chiffon Cake).

The result!? UBER YUMMY!! hahahaha…

Ingredients: Leche Flan top:

6 egg yolks
1 egg whites
1 can Carnation Evap
1 can Carnation Condensada
Few drops of Lemon flavoring
White Sugar for caremel

Chiffon Cake:

1 cup All Purpose Flour
2 1/2 tbsp Cornstarch
1/2 cup Sugar (for yolk mixture)
1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup oil
4 egg yolks
1/2 cup Cold Water (+ 2 tbsp)
1/2 tsp vanilla
4 egg whites
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 cup sugar (or less depending on sweetness you like – for meringue mixture)

How to:

Mix all ingredients for flan and set aside
Prepare baking container by melting the sugar in the pan (put the pan directly on a stove top and wait til sugar is melted and change to caramel color); set aside
In a bowl, mix all dry ingredients together (APF, Sugar, Cornstarch, BP and Salt)
Make a well, and add liquid ingredients (corn oil, yolks, cold water, vanilla); beat til well mixed; set aside
prepare the meringue mixture
Beat egg white with cream of tartar til frothy
Gradually add the sugar and beat til meringue is glossy and forms peaks
Fold in the yolk mixture to the meringue mixture (fold til well mixed)
Pour flan mixture to prepared pan (depends on how thick you want your flan to be)
Pour the chiffon mixture on top til about 3/4 of the pan (don’t worry they won’t mix, chiffon is light enough that it will float)
Prepare water bath (fill a baking tray with water then put the prepared baking pan on a pot stand)
Bake at 180 degrees C (preheated) for 40 to 50 minutes or until toothpick comes out dry
Let cool for a while
Flip the pan on a serving plate
enjoy with the family 🙂

Before I end my post, let me share how we enjoyed the cake…

Liam singing “Happy Birthday Mommy.. Happy Birthday Mommy!”

Liam trying the cake before mommy can make a wish.. hehe

Happy birthday to me.. 🙂

PS. Apologies for the poor pic quality… my photographer is not around so Ate Donna have to take pics. What’s important is we were able to take our moment together. 🙂