Impossible Cake! A brownie cake baked with flan on the top. It is a popular recipe in Mexico and, despite the “impossible cake” alias, chocoflan is very easy to make at home.
To make chocoflan, or impossible cake, we pour a layer of brownie batter into a greased pan, and then ladle in a layer of flan. The cake is baked in a hot water bath, and these layers invert during baking.
I have tried baking my impossible cake in a number of cake pans: square, rectangular, circular, bundt pans,… But in any case, the hot water bath is extremely important, if the water is not hot the layers will not invert. The cake should also be allowed to cool completely before unmolding, and it should be kept refrigerated.
The blending of dulce de leche (or cajeta), vanilla flan, and dense chocolate brownie is simply delicious!
{Impossible cake}
Directions: Prep time20 min
Cooking time: 45-60 min
Serves: 12
Ingredients
- 7 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped (200 g)
- 1 stick butter, room temperature (125 g)
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 Tbls unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 tbs dulce de leche (or cajeta, optional)
- 4 eggs
- 200 ml sweetened condensed milk (4/5 cup)
- 400 ml milk (1 and 3/5 cup)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- I used this one by Silikomart
- Preheat oven to 350 º F (180 ºC), and grease mold
- Pour dulce de leche in the bottom of your baking pan. Place your mold in larger pan. Add enough boiing water water to larger pan to come halfway up side of your baking pan.
- Prepare the brownie batter. Put the chocolate and butter in a medium heatproof bowl and set over a pan of simmering water, or melt in the microwave Melt the chocolate and butter, stirring occasionally until smooth. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. In another medium bowl whisk together the eggs and sugar at low-medium speed until combined. Whisk the warm chocolate mixture into the egg mixture. Stir in the flour, salt and cocoa powder with a wooden spoon until just combined. Pour brownie mixture into the mold
- Prepare the flan mixture. Place the eggs, vanilla, milk and sweetened condensed milk in a blender and puree until smooth. Pour the flan mixture on top of the brownie mixture. Cover pan with foil sprayed with cooking spray, sprayed-side down.
- Place in the oven and bake for about 45 to 60 minutes, depending on your mold. Last 15 minutes, cook uncovered.
- Remove from the oven, and once cool, refrigerate at least 12 hours before unmolding and eating.
Brownie:
Flan:
Mold:
Directions:
- Dulce de leche is optional. You might use caramel sauce instead, or nothing at all.
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This looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it. Where do I get the mold?
it is available on Amazon for instance…
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Love the recipe concept. Would love it even more if I could find the cake pan/mold on Amazon….do you know who manufactures it? Thanks!
amazing presentation
This really is an exquisite looking desert cake. I’ve bought the same mold and can’t wait to make it. Many thanks for sharing this.
Great site! Looked for ages on Amazon and could not find the pan. Could anyone help with some specifics on it? Much appreciated in advance!
http://www.amazon.com/Silikomart-Silicone-Function-Collection-Ornamental/dp/B002ZIBBNU/ref=pd_sim_sbs_k_2
How come that the ornament is on the flan side if the chocolate layer us poured in first? Thank you.
Hi, I do amaze with this new recipe, but one thing I couldn’t find this ingredient I guess in my home country- dulce de leche or cajeta – is there any common words to name it in English?
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I am planning to make this in a bundt pan. When you baked this in a bundt pan do you remember how much time you needed for it? I am not sure how to gauge when it will be finished cooked if it’s covered in foil and don’t want to disrupt it. I would really appreciate your help. Thank you! Btw, I love your website. I have more recipes bookmarked of yours to try!
I did try to make this cake, but the part of the cake didn’t cook just the flan part any suggestions ?