Cheesecake Flan. This smooth cream cheese flan topped with a golden brown caramel is an elegant dessert that can be baked and chilled until serving. Much to my (pleasant) surprise, I ended up with a flan-flavored cheesecake instead, thanks to the power of caramelized sugar. Careful, that thin layer of caramel can be overpowering.

It is the kind of dessert that needs to be made in advance as chilling it is essential. Place the sugar, water and lemon juice in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Run a thin blade around the edge of the flan and cover with a plate. You can have Cheesecake Flan using 9 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cheesecake Flan

You need 1 1/2 cup of granulated sugar.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of fresh lemon juice.
Prepare 1 (8 ounce) of package of cream cheese, at room temperature.
It's 1 (14 ounce) of can of sweetened condensed milk.
It's 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
You need 1 (12 ounce) of can of evaporated milk.
Prepare 5 of large eggs.
You need 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
It's 3/4 cup of heavy cream.

Run a thin blade around the edge of the flan and cover with a plate. Invert the plate and shake once or twice; the flan should release easily. Serve with whipped cream and berries. Fill the larger pan with water until it comes halfway up the side of the cheesecake pan.

Cheesecake Flan instructions

Preheat oven to 350. Have ready a 10 inch round baking pan and a larger pan for baking pan to fot in for a wayer bath.
In a small heavy saucepan heat 1 cup of the sugar and lemon juice over medium heat until melted, stir just a few times with a small rubber spatula to insure even heating, swirl pan once sugar melts. This is a quick process, once the sugar melts swirl just until golden.
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As soon as its melted and starting to color pour into your baking dish tilting to try to cover bottom. If it starts to stick and stops moving don't worry it will work itself out in the oven.
Beat cream cheese until smooth.
Beat in eggs one at a time, beating each egg in.
Beat in condensed, milk, evaporated milk heavy cream, salt, remaining 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla until smooth.
Pour over melted sugar in baking dish.
Place a kitchen towel in roasting pan that holds the baking dish to prevent slipping.
Place filled baking dish on towel and fill baking dish with enough hot water to come just halfway up baking dish.
Bake for 50 to 60 minutes until center is just set. Cool on wire rack until room temperature then cover and refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight.
To un mold run a thin knife around flan and invert onto serving platter.
Serve with fresh fruit and whipped cream.
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In a small saucepan add sugar. Melt over low-medium heat, stirring occasionally until golden. Swirl the pan to spread evenly. There's coconut flan which is very popular with a flavorful twist, and then there is cheese flan which is made with cream cheese. Puerto Rican flan de queso is like flan met cheesecake and they had the most scrumptious love baby.