My mother taught me how to make my favorite recipe, which is flan de queso. Every time someone tries it, they beg for the recipe because they adore it, so I’ll give it to you. I discover that it tastes better cold.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 50 mins |
| Additional Time: | 2 hrs 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 3 hrs 10 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 9-inch flan |
Ingredients
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
- 6 large eggs
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- ⅓ cup 2% milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup white sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Place sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, eggs, cream cheese, milk, and vanilla extract in a blender; blend until smooth.
- Place sugar in an even layer in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until the edges start to brown, about 1 minute; drag sugar into the center with a spatula once the edges start to brown. Continue cooking, stirring from time to time, until caramel is an even golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, pour 1 inch boiling water into a large oven-safe pot or baking dish to make a water bath.
- Pour caramel into a 9-inch flan mold or baking pan; swirl so that caramel reaches 1 inch up the sides. Pour the condensed milk mixture on top. Set in the water bath.
- Set the flan and water bath in the preheated oven; bake until a damp table knife inserted into the center comes out clean, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Remove from the oven and let stand for 5 minutes.
- Chill flan in the refrigerator until firm, 2 to 3 hours. Invert onto a serving plate so that caramel is on top.
- You’ll need a flan mold (or a standard tube pan) and a pot for the bain-marie (water bath) that’s big enough to comfortably accommodate the mold.
Reviews
Cheese flan was great ! I usually make the traditional but I was constantly being ask about cheese flan. I finally made it and everyone loves it , I have no regrets choosing this recipe.
Easy and tasty, have faith when its comes to melting the sugar it will happen at took longer when the air is too cool it crystallizes quick, but have all items set and ready as indicated in the instructions. I always double the batch.
This is an awesome recipe with the cream cheese, the custard now has a bit of a cheesecake consistency which really makes it stand out! Making it again for our upcoming dinner party.
So creamy and delicious!! Everyone loved it!!! 10/10
My favorite flan because of the cream cheese making the consistency so yummy. Many friends family. And coworkers love this version of the flan. There’s many versions u can make other than the so called “traditional” just like there’s many different coquitos you can make also. Definitely the best according to me and my friends and family.
Adore this, the title made me cry bc i was missing my mom, and this tasted like her kitchen I recommend leaving the cream cheese out for an hour dont use it cold straight from the fridge, and for a thicker consistency make a thinner batch , for a juicy consistency make it in a deeper dish and tall Love love love it
Great, done it a million times everyone loves it, if it’s to tough for some as it is to me just put five eggs and done perfectly soft, thank you best flan ever here in atlanta, ga.
I love this recipe & so does my fiancé & his mom who are full Puerto Rican. Yes, it’s not the traditional flan, but it’s super easy & delicious.
Thank you for the recipe!
I made this for my very health conscientious book club. Desserts are usually minimal. Everyone loved it so much, they all had seconds. I even got a “mouthgasm “ comment. I loved it too. So good the next day too. Enjoy, it’s a must make.
I made this for my girlfriend’s birthday. She had requested it over another sweet i wanted to make for her. I was going to just pay someone to make one for me but decided to try this recipe out. We had a party at the office for her and i brought this as one of her gifts. The entire office LOVED it!
Loved it. We are not fans of traditional flan but this one tastes really good! I skipped 1/3 cup of milk as I wanted it to be not to jelly. Will try with an extra 1/2 package of cream cheese Ned time
I didn’t have the fancy pans so I just used a small oven safe glass pan that fit inside a large glass baking dish. Perfect!
I love this flan ! I add one extra packet of cream cheese when I make it …it always takes soo long I think it depends on the pan u use
It was easy to make and it has a great velvety texture. I think next time I may make it with less condense milk as I like less sweet
Great recipe! Love it.
It was so creamy and delicious! My family loved it.
I am sorry but I did not like. It is too lumpy, it was too solid like a cake. It’s a no, no.
This turned out great and tasted phenomenal! The cream cheese made this recipe noticeably more rich and creamy (and no doubt more calories). I used regular whole milk instead of the 2%. The main reason I wanted to write this is to talk about creating successful caramelized sugar. I messed up my first batch when I added water & tried to cook it at too high of a temp. Also, I used 1 1/2 cups of sugar instead of just 1. Here’s what I did to make it with no failures & come out perfectly: 1. Put the sugar in a medium sized saucepan over med. high heat until the sugar heats up enough to begin to melt and clump together, stirring every 30 seconds 2. Now, lower the heat to med low and continue this process- stirring about every 30 seconds. Don’t be discouraged when your mixture looks lumpy with rock-hard clumps; they will melt down. Keep the temp at med low. 3. I found it takes more like 20-25 minutes to achieve the perfect golden caramelized thick syrup. With higher heat, the sugar can burn easily, but with the medium low temp (no candy thermometer is needed) it minimizes the risk of scorching the sugar. Lastly, don’t worry if the sugar mixture hardens immediately when you pour it into the baking dish. The cooking process will liquefy if again, and it will be perfect
I grew up with traditional Flan. I made this and OMG delish it is sweet! But smaller slices a huge hit at my dinner party Muchas Gracias Delish !!!! Thank you for sharing
Sweet and creamy. I used whole milk and next time I’ll put a little less sugar. Definitely delicious. Exactly how I like my flan. Yummy!