Fresh Fruit Flan
Fresh Fruit Flan
Submitted By: R.L.
Ingredients
- Cake:
- 5 tbsp milk
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 2¼ cups cake flour, sifted
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1¼ cup granulated sugar
- zest of 2 lemons
- 9 tbsp unsalted butter, softened.
- Syrup:
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup fruit juice
- (in a small pan over medium heat, stir the sugar and juice until sugar is dissolved)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- whisk together milk, eggs, and vanilla.
- Set aside.
- Combine the dry ingredients(including sugar) and the lemon zest, and mix on low speed for 30 seconds.
- Add the butter and ½ of the milk mixture, and blend until dry ingredients are moistened.
- Beat on medium speed fro 1 minute.
- Add the remaining milk mixture, and beat for 30 seconds.
- Spoon batter into prepared pan.
- Bake until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35-40 minutes.
- As soon as the flan comes out of the oven, poke the cake all over with a toothpick.
- Brush with ½ of the prepared syrup.
- Cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then invert to an oiled cooking rack.
- Brush the sides and top with remaining syrup.
- To serve, fill flan with desired filling (whipped cream and fresh fruit slices; lemon curd and fresh raspberries, glazed fresh fruit)