Neopolitan Flan (aka Caramel Flan Cake)

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 60 g sugar
• 1 tablespoon water
• 3 tablespoons water (second amt)
• 400 g warm milk
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 130 g superfine flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 100 g caster sugar
• 5 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 80 g cooking oil

Recipe

• 1 directions.
• 2 pan and oven prep:.
• 3 use a deep 9 inch round pan, and a larger pan to set it in for a bain marie(water bath).
• 4 put empty cake pan into larger pan and, holding the cake pan down so it doesn't float, add hot water to a depth of 3/4 inch.
• 5 remove cake pan from larger pan and put larger pan in oven to preheat all to 350*f while making cake.
• 6 caramel layer:.
• 7 mix sugar and 1 tbs water and heat until caramelized(brownish in color).
• 8 carefully add remaining water and stir to dissolve.
• 9 pour into, and cover bottom of, 9 inch round pan.
• 10 set aside.
• 11 flan layer:.
• 12 pour warm milk into beaten egg and vanilla mix; making sure not to cause eggs to foam.
• 13 strain the mixture 3 times, making sure there are no solid particles left.
• 14 set aside.
• 15 sponge cake layer :.
• 16 mix all ingredients on high speed for 7 to 8 minutes until the mix becomes light and fluffy.
• 17 divide into 3 portions, tint 1 portion pink and another green(see picture).
• 18 pour pudding mixture carefully over caramel layer in cake pan.
• 19 carefully pour layers of the tinted and untinted cake batter over this, alternating colors(see picture).
• 20 layer of cake batter will look messy but will smooth out after a few minutes.
• 21 return cake pan to bain marie and bake for 1 hour.
• 22 cool on cake rack for 10 minutes before flipping onto serving plate.