Cream Cheese Flan

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Did not have flan pan so used a large cake pan. After spreading the caramel on my heated cake pan, I sprinkled a bit of sea salt to get that sweet/salt thing going. I added the seeds from a vanilla bead and a splash of almond extract to the mixture. My friends went nuts! It was awesome. The best I have had. A definite do over. Be sure to strain your mixture and prior to serving let your pan sit in a larger pan of warm water to ensure easy separation.

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Love it!!!

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I live in Mexico and everytime i go to a restaurant and see flan on the menu i request it for dessert, and this week i decided i was going to make my own flan and eat it! i have the basic mexican recipe but i tought "i´ll try the one i saw in the food network website, it has so many good reviews that it must be really awesome and better than the one i have". My big fat mistake. This flan is ok but that's all, i did not love it, i don't even want a second piece. This recipe has too many steps for something so basic, i just placed everything in the blender and blended it for two minutes and poured the unstrained mixture over the hardened caramel and it came out good, also i used my nordic ware quilted heart pan, great if you want this flan for a heart shaped gift. I won't make this recipe again, i prefer to buy the Yoplait individual baked flan i get in the supermarket for about 50 cents of a dollar.

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Thanks for the recipe!! A few tips: I use three bowls
1 mix egg yolks, condensed milk etc...
2 mix the cream cheese with the sugar
3 mix the egg whites for a minute

Then mix the cream cheese with the egg whites together. It will be nice and smooth!!

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Loved it. And it was not that hard to make. I was intimidated by the water-bath step. No problem. This will be my "special" company dessert.

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Best FLAN recipe ever! ...My mother-in-law is hispanic and she makes the best flan and I have yet to be able to make one as good as hers until now... This is absolutely devine. Easy to make and absolutely yummy... my husband can't believe I made it! Can't wait to make one for my husbands parents. They are going to love it! YUM YUM YUM

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I've tried making every flan recipe possible, I finally found one that my mom approved of. It's so creamy and delicious. I would recommend mixing it in a blender instead of a beater, because the cream cheese bits wont blend well. First time I made this flan, the cheese bits floated on top. Another thing I do is just leave the extra 1/2 cup of sugar out as it is already sweet enough and also replaced the regular cream cheese for a whipped cream cheese. It gives it a less thicker texture and tastes a lot better.

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OMG...This recipe is AMAZING! I searched online for days looking for a good recipe for Flan. I had never tried it before and also never made it. Since this recipe had so many good reviews I thought I'd try it for Christmas Eve dinner. It was a HIT!.. My hubby is not too big on sweets and he had 2 slices. The only changes I made was I added 1 3/4 cups of sugar for the topping and only added 1/4 cup of sugar to the mixture. I also only baked for 1 hr 25 mins. Thank you Jo for sharing this. I'd give it 10 stars if I could!

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I have been making this recipe for friends and family for over two years and everyone raves over how great it is, even my Hispanic in-laws! Not hard to make and comes out delicious every time.

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Didn't know exactly what to think of this recipe at first, seemed kind of hard at a glance,so i took it to my favorite cuban restaurant and as luck would have it ,the owner was there and when she reviewed it to give me pointers, she said, "oh, thats my recipe,i entered Southern living cook off and this won!" So she gave me a taste and told me the hardest part was carmalizing the mold. She was right,mine came out perfect! She owns Habana cafe and it is one of the best restaurants in town.My family and friends love this,it is the best flan out there!