Chocolate rich chocoflan recipe which is also called as impossible cake which has a chocolate cake layer, flan and dulce de leche.
Chocoflan Recipe
This is one recipe which was requested for quite a long time on my blog. Finally i made it and it turned out so good..Ofcourse it needs some work and effort but frankly pretty simple to make, but taste so yummy..I have already shared a plain caramel custard recipe here.
About this Recipe
Chocoflan, also known as The Impossible Chocolate Cake and The Magic Mexican Chocolate Flan Cake, is a chocolate cake with flan on top. It goes into the oven with the flan on top and the chocolate cake batter on the bottom. The chocolate cake is on top and the flan is on the bottom when it comes out of the oven. The classic Crèm Caramel is a French dessert, whereas the ChocoFlan is a Mexican dessert. Since the French colonised Lebanon as part of the French Mandate in the early twentieth century, French culture had a significant influence on Lebanese society.
Why is ChocoFlan called the impossible cake?
Chocoflan is also known as the impossible cake because it goes into the oven with the flan on top and the chocolate cake batter on the bottom, but it comes out completely reversed, with the baked chocolate cake on top and the cooked flan on the bottom.
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The taste of this is so yummy, A delicious chocolate cake with a creamy vanilla custard and the finger licking licking dulce de leche topping taste heaven when cold. I loved the chocolate cake layer in this and hubby loved the flan layer. I think this is a perfect christmas cake so give it a try.
Ingredients for Chocoflan Recipe :
Caramel Sauce :
Caramel is an orange-brown confectionery made by heating a variety of sugars. It can be used to flavour puddings and desserts, fill bonbons, and as a topping for ice cream and custard.
Unsalted Butter :
Unsalted butter allows you to completely control the flavour of your recipe. This is especially important in baked goods that rely heavily on the pure, sweet cream flavour of butter (butter cookies or pound cakes). When it comes to cooking, unsalted butter allows the true, natural flavour of your foods to shine through.
Sweetened Condensed Milk :
Sweetened condensed milk is cooked until it thickens and becomes a creamy caramel-like pudding that can be used in a variety of dessert recipes. Its delicious on its own, with ice cream, in coffee, or spread on apple slices.
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Chocoflan Recipe | Chocolate Flan Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- Dulce de Leche or Caramel Sauce as needed
- For Cake:
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 ¾ cup / 210 grams
- Sugar - 1 cup / 200 grams
- Unsalted Butter - 150 grams / 10 tblspn
- Baking Powder - ¾ tsp
- Baking Soda / Cooking Soda - ¾ tsp
- Egg - 1
- Cocoa Powder - ⅓ cup / 40 grams
- Milk - 1 ¼ cup / 300 ml
- Vinegar - 1.5 tsp
- For Flan:
- Eggs - 4
- Sweetened Condensed Milk - 1 can / 400 grams
- Milk - 1 cup / 240 ml
- Vanilla Essence - 1 tblspn
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Grease a 12 cup bundt cake pan really well with oil. Set aside.
- Take milk in a jug, add in vinegar and mix well. Set aside for 5 mins.
- Now i used dulce de leche, so i warmed it little in a pan till it gets spreadable. You can use caramel sauce them dont need to warm it.
- Pour the sauce over the pan and set aside.
- Now lets make the cake batter. Take flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder in a sifter and sieve it. Set aside.
- Take butter, sugar in a bowl and beat till fluffy.
- Add in egg and beat till fluffy.
- Add in half the flour mix and half of the milk mix and mix well.
- now add remaining flour and milk mix and fold gently.
- Spoon this over the caramel topping and spread it evenly. Now set aside in a baking tray with high side.
- Now Take eggs, condensed milk and vanilla in a blender and whip well. Add in milk and mix well. Pour this over the cake and cover the whole thing with foil.
- Now pour over hot boiling water on the tray and let it come half way through the pan.
- Bake this covered for 1 hour to 1 ¼ hour. Insert a tooth pick to check whether the cake is done. If the toothpick comes out clean then it is done.
- Remove it from oven and let it cool down for 1 hour.
- Now invert it carefully. if it is not sliding out, dip the pan in boiling water and invert it. It will melt the caramel and will slide out easily.
- Now chill the cake for few hours before serving.,
Chocoflan with Step by Step
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| Take all the cake ingredients |
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| Take a 12 cup capacity bundt cake pan |
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| grease it well with oil |
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| i used my dulce de leche..You can use any caramel sauce as well. |
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| melt it till it is thin |
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| now spoon this in the pan |
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| Set aside |
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| Now take milk in a jug |
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| add in vinegar |
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| set aside so it turns into buttermilk |
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| Take flour in a sifter |
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| add in cocoa |
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| baking soda and baking powder |
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| sieve well |
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| Take butter in a large bowl |
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| Add in sugar |
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| beat till creamy |
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| now it is mixed well |
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| add in egg |
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| beat again till creamy |
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| add in half of the flour mix in |
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| pour in half of the buttermilk |
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| mix gently |
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| add in remaining flour |
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| and the remaining buttermilk |
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| mix well |
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| spoon this into the pan |
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| spread it evenly |
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| cake layer done |
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| Place this in a baking tray with high sides and set aside |
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| Now take ingredients for flan |
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| take eggs in a mixer |
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| add in sweetened condensed milk |
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| add in vanilla |
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| whip till mixed |
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| Add in milk |
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| mix well |
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| done |
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| pour this over the cake layer |
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| now time to bake..It may look weird but trust me, once it is baked the flan goes down and the cake just comes up and bake to perfection.. |
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| cover with foil |
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| put it oven and pour boiling water in the tray |
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| now it is baked..cool it down and invert it |
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| spread more caramel sauce as needed |
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| Enjoy |
Anonymous
Hi
Looks yum..Can i use a normal cake pan?
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use round cake pan or square cake pan as well
Anonymous
It looks yum. What can you replace for egg, being a veggie.pls. let me know....
Aarthi
@Anonymousu can skip the egg and add a 1/4 cup of thick yogurt in cake. but in flan i am not so sure
Poornima
This looks absolutely yummy Aarthi. How did you invert the cake without damaging it? Will the dulce de leche not stick to the pan and hold the cake?
Aarthi
@Poornimaif it sticks. you can just dip the bowl in hot water and invert it...
hafsa imdad
Can steam it? My oven not working
Aarthi
no it wont work
Mohini Verlekar
Hi Aarthi tryd the chocoflan cake, turned out yum..wish culd snd the pics. Only problem i faced ws while inverting it although hd put it in conatiner containing hot water before inverting. Probably the mistk i did ws kept it in fridge after cooling it then tryd to invert it so the dulce reamined at bottom of the pan..hd to scoop it out and then spread over the cake.Thks!
Mohini Verlekar
Yum recipe...wish culd snd the pic. Only problem i faced while inverting it, although i had put it in container containing hot water... the dulce remained at bottom, so i scooped it out and spread it on the cake.Probably the mstk i md ws the moment it cooled kept it in the fridge and thn inverted it. Just a question cn i use ur salted caramel sauce recipe instead of dulce. Thks!