Custard Cake / Flan Cake
Custard Cake / Flan Cake

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, custard cake / flan cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Custard Cake resembles a chiffon cake with a topping of sweetened milk and egg mixture known as custard. At first glance, this could be mistaken as a giant Leche Flan because the topping resembles one. The topping of this cake is definitely Leche flan and the only distinction is the soft cake below.

Custard Cake / Flan Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Custard Cake / Flan Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook custard cake / flan cake using 21 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Custard Cake / Flan Cake:
  1. Make ready Sponge Cake Layer
  2. Prepare Meringue
  3. Prepare 3 eggwhites
  4. Take 1/8 tsp cream of tartar
  5. Prepare 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  6. Get Sponge base
  7. Make ready 3 egg yoks
  8. Prepare 1/2 cup powdered sugar, shifted
  9. Make ready 1/4 cup oil
  10. Get 1/4 cup water
  11. Prepare 1 tsp vanilla extract
  12. Get 1 cup cake or all-purpose flour
  13. Get 1/2 tsp salt
  14. Make ready Custard Layer
  15. Get 8 egg yolks
  16. Prepare 1 1/2 cup evaporated milk
  17. Take 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
  18. Take 1 tsp vanilla extract
  19. Take 1/8 tsp salt
  20. Get Caramel Layer
  21. Prepare 1/2 cup granulated sugar

This Custard Cake was baked in water bath. This can also be steamed but I find baking gives a much smoother flan and a moist cake than steamed. If steaming, make sure to cover the lid with a cloth to avoid water. Flan cake, also known as leche flan cake or crème caramel cake, is a Filipino chiffon or sponge cake baked with a layer of leche flan (crème caramel) on top and drizzled with caramel syrup.

Instructions to make Custard Cake / Flan Cake:
  1. Make a caramel. Pour the sugar on a skellet and let it melt until liquid on medium heat.
  2. Pour your caramel into your baking pan. Use a round 8 inch baking pan for this recipe.
  3. In a separate bowl. Mix all the custard ingredients until smooth.
  4. Pour the custard mixture into the baking pan with caramel. Dont mix!
  5. Make the base for the sponge cake. In a bowl, mix the powdered sugar with the egg yolks until smooth. Then add the oil, water and vanilla. Mix well.
  6. Add the shifted flour and salt. Mix until you dont see any white powder left. Dont overmix.
  7. Make the meringue in a separate bowl. Beat the eggwhites, powdered sugar and cream of tartar until soft peak.
  8. Take 1/3 of the meringue and mix by folding the into the sponge base. Fold the rest 1/3 at a time.
  9. Pour the sponge cake on top of the custard mixture. Don't mix!
  10. Cover the pan with aluminum foil to keep the water from the cake.
  11. Steam for 50 minutes. Check if the sponge cake layer is cooked using the toothpick test. Steam for another 10 minutes if the sponge cake layer is still wet.
  12. Once done steaming, remove the pan from the oven and carefully remove the foil so to not drop some water on to the cake. Immediately run a knife around the side of the cake to release it from the pan.
  13. Use a serving plate that can accommodate the size of your custard cake. Place it on the pan and quickly but carefully flip the pan and plate together. Quickly so not to spill the caramel.
  14. Let it cool for a few minutes at room temperature. Chill before serving.

It is sometimes known as "custard cake", which confuses it with yema cake. Modern versions of flan cake can be cooked with a variety of added ingredients. Following is an outline of the steps to making this caramel custard chiffon cake. There are three parts to this caramel custard chiffon cake: the caramel syrup, the custard and the chiffon cake. A syrup that's so simple to make, all you need to do is place sugar and water in a small sauce pot.

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