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    My Colombian Recipes » Recipes » Desserts » Coffee Flan (flan De Café)

    Coffee Flan (Flan de café)

    Jun 8, 2009 · Modified: Jan 5, 2022 by Erica Dinho · 24 Comments

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    As a good Colombian, I love coffee and I have to drink it every morning to start my day. So, I made this coffee flan and I hope everybody loves the recipe as much as I did. Enjoy!

    Flan de café (Coffee Flan)Pin

    Coffee Flan (Flan de café)

    Erica Dinho
    4.96 from 24 votes
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    Prep Time 15 minutes mins
    Cook Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
    Total Time 1 hour hr 20 minutes mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Colombian
    Servings 6 servings
    Calories 352 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    • 1 cup sugar
    • ¼ cup of water
    • 4 whole eggs
    • 2 egg yolks
    • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
    • 1 cup heavy cream
    • 1 ½ tablespoon sugar
    • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
    • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • 2 tablespoons instant coffee
    • Chocolate sprinkles for serving

    Instructions
     

    • To prepare the caramel, put 1 cup of sugar in a small pot with ¼ cup of water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Stir once and reduce the heat to medium and cook about 5 minutes or until the syrup turns a caramel color.
    • Immediately pour an equal amount of the caramel into each ramekin or any oven proof mold you want to use. Swirl each dish to coat the base with the caramel. Work fast as the caramel will harden quickly as it cools. Place all the ramekins in a large roasting pan and set aside.
    • Preheat the oven to 350° F. Add the eggs, egg yolks and 1 ½ tablespoon sugar to the blender and mix for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the condensed milk, heavy cream, cinnamon, coffee and vanilla extract and blend for 1 more minute.
    • Carefully pour an equal amount of the flan mixture into the caramelized ramekins in the roasting pan. Then add hot water to the roasting pan, not to the ramekins, until the water comes half way up the sides of the ramekins.
    • Place the roasting pan in the oven and bake for 1 hour or until a knife inserted in the center of the flan comes out clean.
    • Remove from the roasting pan and cool for at least 30 minutes. Then cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
    • To serve, carefully run a knife around the edge of the ramekin, cover with a serving plate, flip it over and gently remove the ramekin allowing the caramel run over the sides and add chocolate sprinkles on top.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 352kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 6gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 229mgSodium: 62mgPotassium: 141mgFiber: 1gSugar: 37gVitamin A: 829IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 55mgIron: 1mg
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    About Erica Dinho

    My name is Erica and I was born and raised in Colombia and now live in the northeastern United States with my husband and family. This blog was inspired by my grandmother, Mamita, who was an amazing traditional Colombian cook.

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    Comments

    1. rebecca subbiah

      June 08, 2009 at 8:20 am

      5 stars
      that looks amazing send me some pretty please!
      Rebecca

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    2. Tangled Noodle

      June 08, 2009 at 8:12 am

      5 stars
      Flan is one of my favorite desserts and a coffee one is just about perfect!

      Reply
    3. nora@ffr

      June 08, 2009 at 12:51 pm

      5 stars
      yumm yumm.. just the perfect one for my dessert and specially with coffee 🙂 nice photography erica. keep it up!!

      Reply
      • Ari

        December 22, 2022 at 6:13 pm

        4 stars
        I'm looking forward to making my 1st flan! Is a 9.75inch flute pan a good size for this recipe?

        Reply
    4. Marta

      June 08, 2009 at 12:33 pm

      5 stars
      Yes! this flan looks like a perfect way to get your caffeine in for the day!! The rich, deep coffe flavour must go so elegantly with the sweet custard. Great job!

      Reply
    5. Joan Nova

      June 08, 2009 at 4:48 pm

      5 stars
      I like coffee flavor in desserts...coffee ice cream is my favorite...so I'm thinking this must be delicious. very clever.

      Reply
    6. Soma

      June 08, 2009 at 5:29 pm

      5 stars
      I am drooling on this one. I love flans of any kind, & love coffee! smackin' my lips here...

      Reply
    7. Erica

      June 09, 2009 at 10:09 am

      5 stars
      Thank you all for the nice comments!

      Reply
    8. Natasha - 5 Star Foodie

      June 09, 2009 at 11:42 am

      5 stars
      Coffee flavored flan looks and sounds amazing!

      Reply
    9. Karen

      June 09, 2009 at 1:05 pm

      5 stars
      Coffee is one of my favorite flavors and this sounds just great in a nice cool and creamy flan. Yum!

      Reply
    10. Felisha

      June 09, 2009 at 1:58 pm

      5 stars
      I'm convinced that you should write a cookbook 😉

      Reply
      • Erica

        June 10, 2009 at 7:20 am

        5 stars
        Felisha,
        Thank you so much for your kind comment!!!!!!

        Reply
    11. Sophie

      June 11, 2009 at 9:28 am

      5 stars
      MMMMM....Your coffee flan looks so decadently rich & fabulous!!! What an excellent recipe!!

      Reply
    12. Karine

      July 04, 2009 at 4:55 am

      5 stars
      Wowowow coffe and caramel in a flan... it must be amazing! 🙂

      Reply
    13. Vinolia

      July 08, 2009 at 2:13 pm

      5 stars
      yum yum, I love flan, whichever is the flavour; I have never tried with coffee though, looks tempting!

      Reply
    14. Dayana

      June 10, 2010 at 6:15 pm

      5 stars
      My Father in law is a coffe lover, his brithday is coming up and I wanted to make something for him, he is American and normally tries my colombian food. I was wondering if you can do this flan as a whole piece or if you have to do it in small portions? I don't want to make the 6 servings and would like to know how much of the ingredients I need. Can you help me please?
      They will have some people coming over and I wanted to make something that they haven't really tried and that they would love! I wasn't sure what to make like an appetizer, I thought about the Russian salad because is not too complicated, I have seen it with chicken and eggs. Can you recommend me something? I appreciate it and thank you in advance!
      D.

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      • Erica

        June 10, 2010 at 6:52 pm

        5 stars
        Dayana- You can use a large baking dish to make a single serving and use the same ingredients, If you want to make it bigger, just double the ingredients.

        The Russian salad is an amazing and easy dish. You can make it earlier and place in the refrigerator. If you want to add cooked eggs is a good idea. If you have more questions, let me know 🙂

        Reply
    15. Dayana

      June 10, 2010 at 6:18 pm

      5 stars
      I forgot to put my email in the last post. Thank you again.

      Reply
    16. Dayana

      June 10, 2010 at 8:52 pm

      5 stars
      Yes! Thank you Erica, I thought about it but I wanted to make sure I could do it, I don't have to much experience in the kitchen and I didn't want to make it and maybe it would like fall apart? I know now, thank you so much!
      D

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    17. Miss karen

      May 13, 2011 at 3:49 pm

      5 stars
      Please felons the secret to getting the bubbles out of the flan before it bakes!!! I made this recipe and found that had bubble holes in the custard.

      Reply
      • michelle

        May 07, 2019 at 1:55 pm

        5 stars
        try pouring the custard through a strainer into your baking pan

        Reply
    18. Julio

      August 30, 2013 at 12:17 am

      5 stars
      No kidding; this is a great flan recipe. I have made it 5 times now and each time it is a party at my house!

      Flan reminds me so much of when I was little in Colombia and it reminds me of my grandmother who made the perfect flan and would often treat me with one.

      Thanks Erica!

      Reply
    19. Leity

      September 16, 2017 at 3:23 pm

      5 stars
      I am trying your flan recipe today. After I saw the picture I could not wait and I made it. I will let you know how it came.
      Thank you for sharing.
      Bye
      Leity

      Reply
    20. urmom

      January 14, 2019 at 8:40 am

      5 stars
      thank you erica for this recipe its really tasty and i used this recipe for a colombian assignment/project and everyone love it!!❤️❤️

      Reply

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