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Classic Flan with Four Ingredients

Flan can be described as a custard that originated in Spain and is now popular throughout all of Latin America. I already have quite a few flan recipes on here: flan as single servings, flan with pineapple, flan with coconut flavor, flan with coffee flavor, the Venezuelan version served as a cake named quesillo, Mexican chocoflan, which has an additional layer of chocolate cake and the cousin named leche asada (burnt milk). However, I somehow failed to present the most classic version to you, which I wanted to do today. So here you have classic flan with four ingredients.

25/09/2026

French Flan Pâtissier with Pistachio and Raspberry Flavor

Today is the eighth anniversary of my severe bike accident without permanent damage. For me this day is like a second birthday, each year I like to celebrate it with a decadent cake. This time I made French flan with pistachio and raspberry flavor. Flan originated in Spain, spread during colonization and became very popular in Latin America. I have quite a few recipes on the blog: classic flan, pineapple flan coconut flan, chocoflan, flan with coffee flavor and quesillo from Venezuela, I hope this proves how popular flan has become. Obviously the French also took their take. Instead of simply mixing eggs with some dairy products and have this mixture bake in a waterbath, they decided to make a pudding first. This means that the French version tempers the eggs and then is cooked on medium heat until it thickens. I may be wrong, but I believe that the final result is even creamier this way. Additionally, this could also be described as a custard pie as a pie crust is added. Obviously by adding all these steps, the amount of work increases, however, I believe it is worth all the effort, especially when celebrating that I have no permanent damage.

23/04/2026

Coffee Flan from Colombia

Did you know that October 1 is international coffee day? I am currently hosting a blog event, which features blogger recipes containing coffee. For this special occasion I wanted to bring a recipe from Colombia: flan. Do you know flan? This is a custard originally from Spain, which has become very popular in all of Latin America. Obviously I already have a recipe for regular flan on my blog. This time I wanted to create great coffee flavor. So when I started consulting the Internet for recipes, I realized that almost all used instant coffee or espresso granules. I didn’t like that too much. I was extra happy when I found out that my Colombian cookbook creates the coffee flavor by making a coffee syrup first. This helps bring the coffee flavor to the front, but is not as bitter. Continue Reading…

01/10/2025

Coconut Flan

My mom loves flan, which can be best described as a dense custard dish with a caramel topping. Originally it is from Spain and became very popular in all of Latin America. There are two good reasons to make flan. A) it comes together in a jiffy, it seriously can be done in ten minutes, the rest is taken care of by the oven and fridge and b) you will need to make it in advance. It has to chill in the fridge for a few hours or overnight, so this is perfect for any celebration. For that reason I thought that this flan, as unusual as it may seem, will be perfect for Mother’s Day. Barely any work, very diffiult to screw up, yet so delicious, maybe you can make it for your mom as well?

12/05/2023

Flan de Piña or Pineapple Flan

Do you know flan, a custard famous throughout all of Latin America? Flan is mainly made from milk and eggs, try to imagine a steamed custard, creamy and with a caramel topping. I already introduced the classic flan here. In Uruguay vanilla flan is served with dulce de leche on the side, so if you want a bit more of the caramel flavor, that might be for you. I also have a recipe from Mexico on this blog, chocoflan is a mix of flan and a chocolate cake. Chocoflan is also called the impossible cake as the two layers change during baking. Today I am introducing you to flan de piña, aka pineapple flan. The custard has a distinct pineapple flavor and is served with a thin layer of caramel on top.

29/04/2022

Chocoflan or the Impossible Cake from Mexico

Today I am offering to you an impossible cake from Mexico. Why is it called impossible? Because the two layers (flan and chocolate cake) reverse during baking. Sounds spooky? It actually is spooky, but I can tell you, it does work. I swear, I did first fill the bundt cake form with chocolate cake and later poured the flan on top. Once I flipped the cooled-off cake over, the flan was again on top, super weird. For that reason this cake is called impossible, because it makes the impossible possible. And as it is a tasty cake, I don’t mind presenting it to you here. Flan is a type of custard, very typical in Latin America, it was brought by the Spaniards. The chocolate cake is a rather straightforward affair.

11/03/2022

Uruguayan Flan and Merry Christmas!

While you are reading these lines, I will be busy packing my suitcase for Christmas. We are going to visit my parents in law in Spain and I will probably be debating which baking utensils to take along for the trip. I am really looking forward to celebrating Christmas with my Colombian family. Colombian Christmas is very different from German Christmas. There is going to be a lot of dancing, a lot of joy, sparkle and food, so much food. I can’t tell you for how long my mother-in-law has been talking about what she is going to make as a special treat for us and what her ideas are for the Christmas menu. In Colombian culture food is extremely important. I am going to suggest to her that we make Uruguayan flan as the Christmas dessert. Why? Because flan needs to be prepared the night before as it has to be chilled. Perfect in my opinion, one thing less to worry about on Christmas. Flan only requires only a few basic ingredients and is prepared in a jiffy, if this is not enough reason, I don’t know what is.

20/12/2019

Peach Layer Cake from Uruguay: postre chajá

I am a bit nostalgic today. I turned 44 yesterday and decided to introduce the most famous cake from Uruguay, my birth country. It originates in Paysandú, the city I was born in. Postre chajá is a sponge cake filled with peaches, whipped cream, the caramel named dulce de leche and meringue. Yes, this cake consists of many components and definitely takes time to prepare. Especially if you are going to make everything from scratch. Normally canned peaches are used, however, I decided to use fresh peaches this time. There is nothing better than fresh, juicy peaches in summer. To reduce the amount of work, I went with bought meringue and dulce de leche.

07/08/2026

Layer Dessert Polvito Uruguayo

Today you are going to get a layer dessert which is originally from Uruguay, but somehow became famous on Gran Canaria. Normally it is the other way around, many dishes that are originally from Spain are super popular in Latin America. For example this custard named flan, the sandwich cookies with caramel filling called alfajores, or the dumplings named empanadas. Sometimes ingredients were switched out, for example instead of quince for the quince paste called dulce de membrillo Colombias used the local fruit guava. So I found it particularly interesting that in this instance it was actually a Uruguayan immigrant who made polvito uruguayo famous on Gran Canaria. It consists of a cookie crumb, whipped cream, meringue, and the caramel cream named dulce de leche. These are layered into a glass and voilá, you got this decadent dessert.

03/07/2026

(Deutsch) Zusammenfassung von meinem Kaffee-Blogevent

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02/11/2025

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