Ube Leche Flan Cake

Name: Ube Leche Flan Cake
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 0.5 cup white sugar; 0.25 cup water; 6 egg yolks; 1 can (377g) condensed milk; 1 can (360ml) evaporated milk; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 3 egg yolks; 0.25 cup white sugar; 0.25 cup canola oil; 0.25 cup milk; 1 tbsp ube flavoring; 1 cup cake flour; 1.5 tsp baking powder; 0.5 tsp salt; 3 egg whites; 0.33 cup white sugar

40m

Serves 1

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Ube Leche Flan Cake

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40m

Serves 1

Directions

1Add sugar and water in a saucepan.
2Cook until it turns amber in color.
3Add the caramel syrup to a 10x4 cake pan and set aside to cool.
4In a bowl, add egg yolks, condensed milk, evaporated milk, and vanilla extract.
5Mix gently.
6Pour the mixture into the baking pan, passing it through a strainer to ensure a smooth leche flan, and set aside.
7In another bowl, mix together egg yolks and white sugar.
8Add canola oil, milk, and ube flavoring.
9Mix well.
10Add cake flour, baking powder, and salt.
11Mix until there are no traces of flour and set aside.
12In another bowl, add egg whites and using a hand mixer, beat until frothy.
13Gradually add white sugar while beating continuously until stiff peaks form.
14Fold 1/3 of the meringue into the ube mixture.
15Once well combined, fold the remaining meringue into the mixture.
16Slowly add the ube cake mixture to the baking pan on top of the leche flan mixture.
17Place the baking pan on a baking tray.
18Pour boiling water into the tray.
19Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
20Let it cool completely before slicing it into servings.

Ingredients

0.5 cup white sugar
0.25 cup water
6 egg yolks
1 can (377g) condensed milk
1 can (360ml) evaporated milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 egg yolks
0.25 cup white sugar
0.25 cup canola oil
0.25 cup milk
1 tbsp ube flavoring
1 cup cake flour
1.5 tsp baking powder
0.5 tsp salt
3 egg whites
0.33 cup white sugar

Equipment

saucepanbaking panbowlstrainerhand mixerbaking trayoven

Ube Leche Flan Cake

40m

Serves 1

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Ube Leche Flan Cake

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40m

Serves 1

Directions

1Add sugar and water in a saucepan.
2Cook until it turns amber in color.
3Add the caramel syrup to a 10x4 cake pan and set aside to cool.
4In a bowl, add egg yolks, condensed milk, evaporated milk, and vanilla extract.
5Mix gently.
6Pour the mixture into the baking pan, passing it through a strainer to ensure a smooth leche flan, and set aside.
7In another bowl, mix together egg yolks and white sugar.
8Add canola oil, milk, and ube flavoring.
9Mix well.
10Add cake flour, baking powder, and salt.
11Mix until there are no traces of flour and set aside.
12In another bowl, add egg whites and using a hand mixer, beat until frothy.
13Gradually add white sugar while beating continuously until stiff peaks form.
14Fold 1/3 of the meringue into the ube mixture.
15Once well combined, fold the remaining meringue into the mixture.
16Slowly add the ube cake mixture to the baking pan on top of the leche flan mixture.
17Place the baking pan on a baking tray.
18Pour boiling water into the tray.
19Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
20Let it cool completely before slicing it into servings.