Amazing Coconut Flan

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Ingredients

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 15 oz. can of Coco Lopez
1 12 oz. can of evaporated milk
1 1/2 teaspoons clear vanilla
4 eggs

Preparation

1
Put sugar and water in skillet
2
Whisk gently to mix
3
Without stirring, boil on high until tinge of brown appears
4
Turn to low heat and whisk until air bubbles are gone
5
Immediately pour into cake pan
6
Gently swirl cake pan until bottom is covered with caramel
7
Place cake pan in cold shallow water to harden
8
Mix remaining ingrediants in blender
9
Pour mixture into cake pan
10
Place cake pan in water bath (I use a roasting pan for this), 3/4 up sides of cake pan
11
Be careful not to get any water in the flan mixture
12
Bake at 350 degrees for one hour or until toothpick comes out clean
13
Carefully remove cake pan from larger container (this is the tricky part!)
14
Chill for 3 hours
15
Run a knife along the edges of cake pan to loosen flan
16
Invert onto cake plate

Tools

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I found it's best to use a cake pan with a lip or handles. It gets really hot when you pour the caramel into it, and getting it out of the larger container of hot water is a real trick with nothing to grab onto!

Yield:

4 servings

Added:

Sunday, August 1, 2010 - 8:03pm

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