Guava and Cheese Flan (Flan de Guayaba y Queso)

Nov 17, 2009 · Modified: Aug 19, 2022 by Erica Dinho · 38 Comments

Flan de Guayaba y Queso or Guava and Cheese Flan is a popular dessert in Latin American cuisine. It's creamy and absolutely delicious, the perfect ending to any meal.

Guava and Cheese Flan (Flan de Guayaba y Queso)

Erica Dinho

5 from 36 votes

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 10

Course Dessert

Cuisine Colombian, Latin

Servings servings

Calories 321 kcal

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
½ cup water
1 14 oz can condensed milk
1 12 oz can evaporated milk
5 large eggs
6 oz cream cheese softened
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
7 oz guava paste

Instructions

To prepare the caramel, put 1 cup of sugar in a small pot with ½ 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.
In a blender add the eggs, condensed milk, evaporated milk, cream cheese, guava paste and vanilla extract and blend until smooth.
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.

Nutrition

Calories: 321kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 6gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 165mgSodium: 143mgPotassium: 90mgFiber: 2gSugar: 42gVitamin A: 580IUVitamin C: 0.002mgCalcium: 57mgIron: 1mg

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Today is my birthday, so I feel like posting something sweet to celebrate. As you know flan is one of my favorite desserts because lends itself to an endless number of variations. This guava and cheese version is delicious. The guava paste gives this flan a fantastic flavor and the cream cheese gives it a lovely texture. Here is the recipe for a guava and cheese flan. Enjoy!

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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

Miguel from NJ via Barranquilla

November 17, 2009 at 4:04 pm

Happy birthday Erica, today is my wife's birthday also and I wound up on your site while looking for dish to cook for her this weekend. It's a toss up between this dessert and the meatball soup.

Blessings, enjoy your day,

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Pilar

November 17, 2009 at 2:23 pm

Happy Birthday! Que la pases delicioso hoy comiendo Flan de Bocadillo y Queso. Habra que hacerlo!

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Angie@Angie's Recipes

November 17, 2009 at 2:21 pm

Erica, this flan looks and sounds great! Happy birthday Erica!

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Nat

November 17, 2009 at 1:32 pm

I love Gauva...never heard of it incorporated into cheese cake like this...brilliant idea !

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Jenn AKA The Leftover Queen

November 17, 2009 at 1:12 pm

Happy Happy Birthday!!! This looks like a great bday treat!

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Claudia Medeiros

November 17, 2009 at 12:44 pm

🙂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ERICA 🙂

I wish you love, peace and health !

Yummy ! This dessert is wonderful ! We use to mix guava and cheese here, too. We call it "Romeo and Juliet" 😉

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Palidor

November 17, 2009 at 12:38 pm

Happy birthday, Erica!! What a wonderful way to celebrate. I've never made a flan with cream cheese or condensed milk. I bet it tasted very rich and decadent!

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Erica

November 17, 2009 at 12:27 pm

Thank you all for the wonderful comments 🙂

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Ellen

November 17, 2009 at 11:36 am

Happy Birthday ! This looks delicious 🙂

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Oysterculture

November 17, 2009 at 11:02 am

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y ! ! ! ! !

This looks absolutely yummy - guava paste is a natural accompaniment on a cheese place what genius would mix it into a flan and share - only you!

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- Norma
  
  January 01, 2023 at 8:48 am
  
  Guava flan is a very common dessert in México..... grew up with it and i am 66 yrs old. Common staple
  
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KennyT

November 17, 2009 at 10:53 am

Happy birthday Erica!!!

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Raje

November 17, 2009 at 10:39 am

Wonderful desert! and Wish you many Happy returns of the Day!

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Gloria

November 17, 2009 at 10:33 am

Happy Birthday Erica!!!! and I love guayaba, sooo this is mine, lovely, and I love use condensed milk!! xxx gloria

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Vinolia

November 17, 2009 at 10:31 am

that's an exotic variation of the traditional flan;

sounds rich and creamy!!! Wish you all good things, Joy, luck, health, love, wealth and peace!!! Happy Birthday dear!!!

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Stephanie

November 17, 2009 at 9:56 am

Happy Birthday! Thank you soo much for creating this website! I can finally cook authentic Colombian dishes for my husband. I tell everyone about your site. Keep up the hard work because it is much appreciated! Have a great day!

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Divina

November 17, 2009 at 9:35 am

They look amazingly gorgeous. Anything with condensed milk is always a winner and addicting.

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