Chocoflan Impossible Cake
Chocoflan, also known as Impossible Cake, is a 2 layer cake featuring a creamy flan layer on top of a deliciously fudgy chocolate cake.
How to Make Chocoflan – Video
Making a chocoflan can seem confusing at first since you have to make the caramel layer first. Followed by the chocolate cake batter and finally the flan layer on top. This is one of the coolest baking tricks ever and you can see it in the video(!!), hence the name “Impossible” cake.
The flan batter will seep through the chocolate cake while it bakes. Once it’s done baking, flip your mold and you’ll get a caramel and flan layer on top and a chocolate cake on the bottom. Magic!
How to store a Chocoflan
If you got some leftover chocoflan, this is what you can do: your Impossible cake in the fridge
- First, cover the cake tightly in plastic wrap; this will help keep the moisture in.
- Store the chocoflan in the fridge, and consume within a few days (3-4 tops).
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Chocoflan Impossible Cake
- Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Yield: 12 servings
Description
Chocoflan, also known as Impossible Cake, is a 2 layer cake featuring a creamy flan layer on top of a deliciously fudgy chocolate cake.
Ingredients
For the caramel
- ¾ cup of granulated sugar / 150gr
For the chocolate cake
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour /190gr
- ½ cup dark cocoa powder / 50gr
- 3 tsp of baking powder / 14gr
- 1 ¾ sticks of butter / 175gr
- 1 cup granulated sugar / 200gr
- 3 eggs /130gr
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup of whole milk / 120gr
For the flan
- 4 eggs /170gr
- 1 cup of condensed milk / 300gr
- 1 cup of whole milk / 240gr
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup full fat cream cheese / 150gr, softened
Instructions
- Preheat the oven at 350ºF. Coat a 12 cup bundt pan with butter, set aside.
- For the caramel: In a medium saucepan add the granulated sugar and cook at medium heat until it melts. Whisk gently making sure to scraping the edges of the pan to avoid burning the caramel. Allow it to melt completely until it turns into a rich golden brown color. Remove from heat.
- Pour the caramel into the bundt pan and tilt it until you cover the bottom and at least 1” of the sides of the pan. Set aside.
- For the flan: In a blender pour 1 cup of condensed milk, 1 cup of whole milk, 4 eggs, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and cream cheese. Blend on low until everything is combined. Set aside.
- For the chocolate cake: Combine the dry ingredients; flour, cocoa powder and baking powder, in a bowl and set aside. In the bowl of a standing mixer cream the butter with the sugar until it doubles in size and the color is pale yellow. Add the eggs, one by one, making sure they are fully incorporated before adding the next one. Add the vanilla extract, followed by the milk and the dry ingredients alternating them in two batches, starting and ending with the dry ingredients.
- Scoop the chocolate cake batter on top of the caramel. Pour the flan mixture very carefully on top of the cake batter. Cover the bundt pan with aluminum foil.
- Bake a water bath by placing the bundt pan in a larger baking pan or pyrex and pour about an inch of hot water into the larger pan.
- Bake for 60-75 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove the chocoflan from the oven and let it cool for at least 30 minutes.
- Invert onto a large platter and enjoy*!
Notes
*Chocoflan is best served when chilled!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 70 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Hispanic
Amazing recipe, loved it!
Thank you!
Hi, shouldn’t it be caramel, flan and then the chocolate mixture last? That’s what it looks like in the picture.
No, because of the difference in batter density make the flan seep through the chocolate batter and moves to the bottom of the pan, and the chocolate batter to the top. When it’s baked and you flip it, you end up with flan on top, chocolate on bottom. It’s a cool little baking trick!
Could it be made fairy free ?
Unfortunately, that’d be a completely different recipe and can’t properly advice on dairy-free substitutions without testing it myself! My guess would be using vegan butter and cream cheese, coconut milk and condensed coconut milk, but the amounts would probably be very different!
Wow, I want to attempt this cake. What can I replace condensed milk with? Also I’ve never baked anything with a water bath. Does the water need to be boiling hot? Thanks 🙂
The water needs to be hot, not necessarily boiling. It sounds difficult but it’s pretty simple, just be careful and move slow! I don’t think you can replace the condensed milk, unfortunately!
Hi, can the chocoflan be made with lactose free milk?
Hi! I’ve actually haven’t tried it so I can’t say for sure if it’ll work.
Hello! I replace all dairy products with lactose-free. Everything is fine!
That’s awesome!! Thanks for letting me know!!
If I pour the caramel into a greased bundt pan, the caramel won’t coat the bottom & sides.It slips off.
So do I not grease the pan?
You can move the caramel to the sides but it’d naturally sink at the bottom. It’ll soften while it bakes and drip down the sides!
What’s the size of the bundt tin? Thanks.
It’s a standard 12 cup. I’ll add it to the recipe card, thanks for the reminder!!
Can this be made the day before and refrigerated over night?
Can this be made the day before and refrigerated?
Yes, absolutely!
First time trying this recipe/dessert. A fair amount of the caramel hardened to the base of the Bundt pan for some reason. We also had to bake for an extra 10-15 min from the maximum bake time of 75 minutes (likely it’s our oven). Our cake looks a more moist then the one pictured, but no complaints about that! This dessert tastes so amazing! We look forward to making it again, and again!
To make the caramel, is it just by melting sugar? And it turns into caramel?
Yes!
Looks delicious, wondering if I can make this dessert a couple days in advance for my dinner party.
Thanks
I’d try making it the day before!
Do you mean Sweetened Condensed Milk like from Eaglebrand?
Yes!
I made it finally! Delicious and very different from any other Bundt cake. Everybody loved it. They already asked me to make it again. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
Made my day! So happy everyone liked it!
since it says best served chilled, can I make this one day in advance?
Yes absolutely!