Cream Cheese Flan

Submitted by Barb G.

"Rich and Creamy Flan with a beautiful amber sauce makes for a striking presentation. If you like cheese cake you will love this. You can add a bit of Amaretto Liquor if you like, or serve with a little Kahlua Liquor and a dollop of whipped cream. This requires a standing time of 3 hours and 20 minutes before serving."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 1 Flan
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 (14 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F and heat sugar in a small, heavy-duty saucepan over medium-low heat.
2. Stirring constantly, for 3 to 4 minutes or until sugar is dissolved and caramel colored.
3. QUICKLY pour into bottom of a 2-quart casserole dish.
4. Place evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, cream cheese, eggs and vanilla in a blender; cover.
5. Blend until smooth.
6. Pour mixture into the prepared casserole dish (over the dissolved sugar).
7. Place casserole in a 13x9-inch baking dish; fill baking dish with warm water to 1-inch depth.
8. Bake 1 hour and 20 to 30 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean.
9. Remove flan from hot water.
10. Cool at room temperature in casserole on wire rack.
11. Refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
12. Run knife around rim; gently shake to loosen.
13. Invert into serving dish.
14. Enjoy.

Reviews

[TicketViper]

I've been making this Flan recipe for a few years now, and it is always a hit w/ everyone that tries it. I have the prep time down to 10 minutes. Some changes I have made to the recipe that I have liked: Use (2) 8 oz packages of Cream Cheese, and (6) eggs, 11/4 teaspoons Vanilla. IMO this really firms up the texture of the flan, and the cream cheese flavor comes thru even more! I've been making it this way for awhile. Good Eating! PS - For carmelizing the sugar, which some have mentioned that they have issues. I start at about 70% heat, as soon as the sugar begins to form clumps, I then turn to 30%, and constantly stir after that. This carmelizes the sugar much faster. Just watch it closely so you don't scorch.

 

[Bonnie G #2]

Just discovered that this recipe was posted WAY before I posted recipe#499706 (I did search but didn't see this at the time) I am trying to notify CC to remove mine but can't get through to them yet. So since it's the exact of the one I posted will put my review here and notify them when I can. This was so easy and creamy good - DH declared it the best he's ever had. I had no trouble with caramelizing the sugar but a tip that I found stated that " Put the baking dish in a hot oven for about 5 minutes before adding the sugar. The hot dish kept the sugar liquified just long enough to get an even coating. This is one great recipe. Again so sorry for not finding this before I posted the same recipe and will report it just as soon as I can

 

[princess_omayra]

Amazing! I'm Puerto Rican and this taste just like the cream cheese flan I'm used to. Since I'm watching my weight, i used fat milks and fat free cream cheese. I used half the amount of sugar required for the glaze. Once the sugar was caramelized and melted, I added equal amount of splenda and a little bit of water because the splenda made the glaze a little lumpy. I'm gonna follow it to the letter on the weekend :) Thanks!

 

[gailanng]

I feel my butt widening even as I type this, but here goes: "The best things in life are caramelized." Oh wait, is that not how the saying goes? It should be.

 

[Eve P.]

Thank you for this recipe. I have made it many times, and it has turned out perfectly every time.