Chocoflan (Impossible Cake)

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5.0

9 reviews
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  • Prep Time

    8 mins

  • Cook Time

    1 hr 8 mins

  • Servings

    10 servings

  • Calories

    386 kcal

  • Course

    Dessert

  • Cuisine

    American, Mexican

Chocoflan (Impossible Cake)

Have your cake and eat your flan, too, with a recipe that combines both! This Chocoflan is a rich chocolate cake with an orange hint topped with creamy vanilla and coffee flavored flan is dripping with decadent dulce de leche and sprinkled with crushed walnuts.

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Ingredients

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Chocolate Cake:

  • 2 ticks butter or 1/2 lb
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 eggs room temperature
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Flan:

  • 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 14 onces whole milk measure it out in the sweetened condensed milk can
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • pinch instant coffee

Dulce de Leche Glaze:

  • 1 cup dulce de Leche
  • milk regular milk or almond milk, as needed
  • Chopped pecans or walnuts optional
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Instructions

Chocolate Cake:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In an electric mixer blend the butter with the sugar until it’s light and fluffy, almost white. Whisk in the eggs, one at time until incorporated.
  3. Sift together flour and baking powder and then slowly add this to the creamed sugar. Once the flour has been added, stir in the cocoa powder.
  4. Next mix in the orange juice and vanilla. Once it’s well combined, pour the cake batter into a well-greased cake pan.

Flan:

  1. In a blender, add all the ingredients and blend well. Pour this mixture on top of the cake batter, very carefully so you don’t disturb the cake batter.

Bake:

  1. Place a larger cake pan or baking dish in the oven and fill it with about 1 inch of water. Then place the chocoflan pan in the water bath (bain-marie or bano de maria). Let the cake bake for about 75 to 90 minutes or until the cake is done.
  2. Let the cake cool for about an hour. Then when you are ready to flip the chocoflan, pour some hot water into the larger pan and set the chocoflan pan in the hot water for about 30 seconds.

Dulce de Leche Glaze:

  1. Pour dulce de leche or cajeta in a small sauce pan on low heat. Stir in milk slowly to desired constancy.

Serve:

  1. Flip the chocoflan onto a cake plate and serve. This cake holds well in the frig for several days.
  2. Drizzle with caramel (dulce de leche or cajeta) and sprinkle with nuts, if using.
  3. Serve warm or chilled.

Notes

  • cake pan
  • Recipe by Nelly Rodriguez de Galofre via karistabennett.com.
  • This recipe requires a 12-cup capacity cake pan.
  • I prefer to butter the pan instead of spraying with baking spray.
  • For the water bath, only add 1-inch of water. If the water enters the bundt pan, it could ruin the consistency of the flan. 
  • Shortcut: purchase a squeezable dulce de leche bottle that can be drizzled in the pan. Or skip the caramel layer in the recipe and pour warm dulce the leche glaze over the cake once the Chocoflan is baked and inverted. 
  • Store loosely covered in refrigerator.
  • I don't recommend freezing or reheating this homemade Chocoflan.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 386kcal (19%) Carbohydrates 42g (14%) Protein 7g (14%) Fat 22g (34%) Saturated Fat 13g (65%) Cholesterol 163mg (54%) Sodium 207mg (9%) Potassium 158mg (5%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 21g (42%) Vitamin A 743IU (15%) Vitamin C 3mg (3%) Calcium 48mg (5%) Iron 2mg (11%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 10servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 386 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories 386kcal 19%
Carbohydrates 42g 14%
Protein 7g 14%
Fat 22g 34%
Saturated Fat 13g 65%
Cholesterol 163mg 54%
Sodium 207mg 9%
Potassium 158mg 3%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 21g 42%
Vitamin A 743IU 15%
Vitamin C 3mg 3%
Calcium 48mg 5%
Iron 2mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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