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Chocolate Caramel Flan Cake

Dessert 🍰 American

Chocolate Caramel Flan Cake layers a moist devil’s food base with a silky, vanilla-kissed flan and caramel for a creamy-meets-cocoa bite. The bake reverses as it cooks, creating a dramatic two-tone slice with balanced sweetness and a custardy finish. Serve this showpiece dessert for holidays, dinner parties, or any occasion that calls for something elegant and indulgent.

  • Prep4 hr 30 min
  • Cook2 hr
  • Serves18
  • DifficultyMedium
Chocolate Caramel Flan Cake
  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. 2

    Coat a 12-cup fluted tube pan with nonstick spray.

  3. 3

    Place a rolled-up piece of foil in the tube of the pan to keep the cake from spilling over the top.

  4. 4

    Pour the caramel topping into the prepared pan.

  5. 5

    Beat the cake mix, water, 3 eggs, and vegetable oil together in a large bowl until well combined; pour evenly over the caramel topping.

  6. 6

    Combine the condensed milk, evaporated milk, 4 eggs, cream cheese, and vanilla in a blender.

  7. 7

    Blend until smooth; pour slowly over the cake batter.

  8. 8

    As it bakes, the cake will rise and the milk mixture will settle to the bottom.

  9. 9

    Coat a sheet of foil with nonstick spray.

  10. 10

    Cover the pan tightly with the foil, coated side facing down.

  11. 11

    Set the pan inside a large roasting pan.

  12. 12

    Pour hot water into the roasting pan to a depth of 2 inches.

  13. 13

    Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs, about 2 hours.

  14. 14

    Place the cake on a cooling rack; cool for 15 minutes.

  15. 15

    Remove the foil and invert the cake onto a serving plate.

  16. 16

    Cool for 1 hour at room temperature.

  17. 17

    Chill for 4 hours or overnight before serving.

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