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Chocoflan

Prep 15 min
Total 2 hr 35 min
Servings 8

Can't decide whether to serve chocolate cake or flan for dessert? Have your cake and eat your flan, too, with a recipe that combines two distinctive flavors in one crowd-pleasing recipe. MORE+ LESS-

By Paula Kittelson

September 25, 2018

Ingredients

Cake

jar (12.25 oz) caramel topping

box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ triple chocolate fudge cake mix

cup water

1/2

cup vegetable oil

eggs

Flan

can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)

cup milk

eggs

Steps

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1

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with butter. Pour 1/4 cup of the caramel topping in bottom of pan. Refrigerate remaining caramel topping for serving.
2

In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and 3 eggs with electric mixer on medium speed about 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour batter over caramel topping in pan.
3

In blender, place flan ingredients. Cover; blend on high speed until smooth, about 40 seconds. Slowly pour mixture over batter. (Flan mixture will mix with batter, but they will separate during baking, forming 1 layer of cake and 1 layer of flan.)
4

Place cake pan in large roasting pan; add 1 inch of hot water to roasting pan.
5

Bake about 1 hour 5 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove cake pan from water bath to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
6

Place serving plate upside down on cake pan; turn plate and pan over. Remove pan. Cut chocoflan into slices; serve with reserved caramel topping. Store in refrigerator.

Expert Tips

The chocoflan can be baked 24 hours in advance and refrigerated until ready to serve.
You may add other flavors to the flan, such as vanilla, grated orange peel or liqueur.
Serve the chocoflan with whipped cream, if desired.

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 690
Calories from Fat: 230

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 26g; 40%
Saturated Fat 9g 43% Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol: 185mg; 61%
Sodium: 760mg; 32%
Potassium: 450mg; 13%
Total Carbohydrate: 100g; 33%
Dietary Fiber 1g 7% Sugars 73g
Protein: 13g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 10%; 10%
Vitamin C: 0%; 0%
Calcium: 30%; 30%
Iron: 15%; 15%

Exchanges:

2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 4 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choice

6 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

More About This Recipe

Beyond looking and tasting spectacular, this chocoflan cake does something truly marvelous during the baking process; the custardy flan and the cake batter trade places. It’s a mind-blowing effect that occurs during baking when the chocolate cake batter takes shape and rises to the top of the pan, before the custard has set. It’s true baking magic that produces a multi-layered cake that tastes as good as it looks. Betty Crocker’s five-star recipe and a box of her triple chocolate fudge cake mix make this recipe extra easy. And this is just one way to enjoy this favorite dessert, Betty’s got even more flan recipes for you to try!