Cuban Flan Recipe

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Authentic Cuban flan recipe: delicious sweetness with a caramel coating. Easy & enjoyable all year round with pantry ingredients!

Have you ever tasted a tradition Cuban flan? I looks like a custard cake somehow. It is made on milk and eggs mainly and in Spanish it’s called Flan de Leche.

It has an sweet caramel coating but don’t worry, it’s sweet but not too sweet, that sugar taste is perfect with the milk.

Most of the ingredients might be in your pantry… Minus the eggs! In Cuba, finding some items can be a real challenge. This dessert uses canned milks, sugar and fresh eggs. That’s it. Condensed milk and evaporated milks are a sure thing to have in your pantry to make a quick and delicious dessert!

How To Make This Cuban Flan Recipe?

We love making (well… to be fair: hubby makes it) because it does not require a lot of preparation, it is quite easy to make and it does not have a season.  And actually, in winter, when the nice fruit are unavailable, it is a perfect dessert anytime, any day.

The steps are simple and really quick. You don’t dirty a lot of dishes! That’s my kind of recipe! I love baking but the cleaning up afterwards is sometime daunting.

1 – Choose a pot with a removable handle so you can use the same one to make your caramel and then put it in the oven. Less dishes! Otherwise, one pot for the caramel and an oven dish one.

2 – Making the caramel is an easy step BUT once it’s done you need to act quick to spread it on the side of the pot or pour it in the dish of your choice. Make sure it is spread evenly as it hardens.

3 – Beating the eggs with the condensed milk and evaporated milk is an easy step. Maybe kids can help? Add vanilla or flavour of choice.

4 – Bake it and do the dishes in the meantime!

Cuban, Mexican, French Flans: Which one is the best?

We are a trilingual family: I’m French, hubby is Cuban and the kiddos are Canadian. In France, we do have a version of the flan too. Which one is the best? THE ONE YOU DECIDE IS THE BEST. IT’S ALL ABOUT PERSONAL TASTE.

I know that Mexicans have their version too and probably every latin country too. Some might do it with just the egg yolk, others without the condensed milk. Like any recipe, there are different versions.

Of course, I can’t tell you which one if the best but this one has a pretty good head start on the scale!

Also, I keep talking about that dessert like if it was mine but all the credit goes to my husband, el Cubano, he is the one mastering the Flan.

Do you like custard like desserts? Try theses ones:

– French Crème Brulée
– Vanilla Egg Custard

Or do you want more latino desserts:

– Flan de Coco
– Salted Caramel Tres Leches Cake
– One of my favorite: Pastelitos de Guayaba
– My weakness: Churros

More Cuban recipes? I got you covered too!

– Picadillo, flavoured ground beef
– Picadillo pies
– Garbanzos fritos, a vegetarian chickpea recipe

Did you make it? Show me, I want to see! Tag in me on Instagram @bonappeteat or send me a picture by email.