1/2 cup sugar
5 eggs
1 can condensed milk
1 can La Lechera*
1 can Media Crema*
3 drops vanilla
1 box Devil’s Food cake mix

**These can be found at Safeway or most Mexican food specialty shops.

Grease and flour a bundt pan.  Melt the sugar in a heavy pan - do not burn! Pour into bundt pan and turn to spread evenly.  In blender, mix eggs, condensed milk, La Lechera, Media Crema, and vanilla.  Pour over sugar in bundt pan.

Make cake mix as directed on box.  Carefully spread over milk layer in bundt pan.  Bake in a water bath 2 to 3 inches deep at 350º for 1 hour and 10 minutes.

When done, cool on rack then refrigerate, still in pan for at least 2 hours or overnight. 

When ready to serve, invert onto serving plate.  Serves 16.

This is “to die for.”

Chz

I can’t wait to try this!
I know La Lechera is like Sweetned condensed Milk, what is the Media Crema? Is it located with the other Mexican Crema? I never have seen it in a Can.

A friend made this and served it at a luncheon.  The recipe is in The Steinbeck House cookbook.  I do volunteer work there.

I would imagine both are located in the same section of the supermarket or specialty store.

I’ll look when I go grocery shopping Friday.

Chz

Hey CHZ! I just love Flan but, I have never made it. I sure hope that I can find the supplies for baking one or two or three. Thanks sooo much for this recipe. My Honey will be sure to thank you as well when I put on an extra 5-10 lbs. 

justaladyintx - 10 March 2009 04:05 PM

I can’t wait to try this!
I know La Lechera is like Sweetned condensed Milk, what is the Media Crema? Is it located with the other Mexican Crema? I never have seen it in a Can.

Media Crema:  I found it at the store today….....It’s Mexican Sour Cream!  LOL Needs to be refrigerated.  I’m not making the cake soon so I stuck it in the freezer.

Chz

Flan cakes are so good.  I have used a lemon cake mix and an orange mix before.  Of course most everyone loves chocolae but I am not a big chocolae fan.Here is another recipe that is made a little differently.

Chocolae Flan Cake.  From Recipezar

Ingredients

1 (18 ounce) box chocolate devil’s food cake mix
1 1/2 cups water (amount per cake mix directions)
1/2 cup oil (amount per cake mix directions)
3 eggs (amount per cake mix directions)
1 (11 ounce) jar cajeta caramel topping or smucker caramel topping
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
1/2 cup fresh milk
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 eggs
Directions
1Heat oven to 350ºF.
2Spray a large 12-cup Bundt pan with nonstick coating.
3Soften the cajeta in the jar in the microwave and pour into the prepared pan.
4Prepare cake mix according to package directions.
5Pour the cake batter into the cake pan over the cajeta.
6To make the flan: Pour condensed, evaporated and fresh milks into a blender with the cream cheese, vanilla and eggs.
7Mix well.
8Pour the flan mixture very slowly over the cake batter.
9Spray aluminum foil with non-stick spray (like Pam);.
10cover the pan TIGHTLY with aluminum foil.
11(Covering tightly is very important.) Set the Bundt pan into a large pan and set on the oven rack and slide inches.
12Carefully pour hot water into the larger pan to a depth of 2 inches (The Bundt pan will be sitting in 2 inches of water).
13Bake cake for 2 hours (test); do not uncover during this time.
14After two hours, remove cake from water and allow to cool for 15 minutes. Peel off the aluminum foil.
15Invert cake onto a large plate with rim.
16The cajeta will drip down the sides of the cake.
17Cool completely then refrigerate. Refrigerate leftovers.
18Note: Even though the flan is poured on top of the cake batter, it will sink to the bottom of the pan.