Impossible Cake (Chocoflan, Double Layer)

Name: Impossible Cake (Chocoflan, Double Layer)
Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup white sugar (200 g); 6 oz semisweet chocolate (such as baking chocolate) (180 g); 3 1/2 tablespoons butter (50 g); 6 large eggs; 1/2 cup white sugar (100 g); 1 cup cake flour (120 g); 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 pinch salt; 1 pinch baking soda; 1 can sweetened condensed milk; 1 can evaporated milk; 6 large eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon cornstarch

Elder Santiago Reyes @Elder10

Oaxaca

This cake is called 'Impossible Cake' because you first pour in the cake batter and then the flan mixture, but during baking, the layers magically switch places.

Elder Santiago Reyes @Elder10

Oaxaca

This cake is called 'Impossible Cake' because you first pour in the cake batter and then the flan mixture, but during baking, the layers magically switch places.

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Ingredients

2 h

10 servings

Caramel
1 cupwhite sugar (200 g)
Cake
6 ozsemisweet chocolate (such as baking chocolate) (180 g)
3 1/2 tablespoonsbutter (50 g)
6large eggs
1/2 cupwhite sugar (100 g)
1 cupcake flour (120 g)
1 teaspoonbaking powder
1 pinchsalt
1 pinchbaking soda
Flan
1 cansweetened condensed milk
1 canevaporated milk
6large eggs
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
1 teaspooncornstarch

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Steps

2 h

1

Prepare all your ingredients and equipment (mise en place).
2

Melt the sugar in a saucepan until it turns a caramel color. Let it sit briefly to crystallize.
3

For the cake, melt the butter with the chocolate, either in a double boiler or in the microwave in 10-second intervals.
4

In a separate bowl, beat the eggs until thick and pale (ribbon stage).
5

Once the eggs have reached the desired volume, slowly add the melted chocolate and butter mixture at room temperature, pouring in a thin stream.
6

Stop beating and gently fold in the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar), all sifted beforehand.
7

Mix everything together carefully to keep the air in the batter, then pour it over the caramel and set aside.
8

For the flan, blend all the ingredients (evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, vanilla, and finally the cornstarch) until smooth.
9

Carefully pour the flan mixture over the cake batter. Bake in a water bath with hot water for 1 hour and 15 minutes. To check if it's done, insert a toothpick—if it comes out clean, the chocoflan is ready.
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