Chocolate Cheesecake Flan

Total Time: 5 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
• 4 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
• 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, cubed
• 4 eggs

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 celsius).
• 2 place one cup of the sugar in a small heavy duty saucepan and cook on medium heat until the sugar is a deep golden brown, stirring constantly to make a caramel sauce; pour into a 9 inch round pan.
• 3 microwave chocolate squares on high for 1 1/2 minutes or until chocolate is almost melted, stirring after 1 minute; cool.
• 4 place milk and cream cheese in a blender and blend until smooth.
• 5 add remaining 1/2 cup sugar, eggs and melted chocolate to the mix in the blender and blend well.
• 6 pour over caramel sauce in the pan.
• 7 bake flan in water bath. (create water bath by setting the round pan of flan into a larger pan and adding water around the smaller pan to half way up the side of the flan pan.).
• 8 bake 1 hour or until a knife inserted 1 inch from the edge comes out clean; remove from oven.
• 9 place round pan on a wire rack to cool completely.
• 10 chill for 4 hours or overnight.
• 11 to unmold, run a metal knife around the edge of the flan and invert onto a plate; shake slightly to loosen.
• 12 gently twist to remove pan.
• 13 caramel sauce will drizzle down the sides.
• 14 add chocolate garnish if desired.