Coconut Caramel Flan

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar (i use splenda blend)
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 (13 1/2 ounce) can low-fat evaporated milk
• 1 (13 1/2 ounce) can low-fat condensed milk
• 1 (8 ounce) package light cream cheese, softened
• 1 (13 1/2 ounce) can coco lopez coconut cream
• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 3/4 cup flaked coconut

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350ºf. in a small saucepan, combine sugar and water and cook over medium heat stirring constantly until sugar dissolves. continue cooking until mixture is golden in color (about 4 minutes).
• 2 immediately pour mixture evenly into a 9-inch cake pan. (mixture will harden and may crack slightly as it cools.)
• 3 in a blender, blend evaporated milk, condensed milk, cream cheese, coco lopez, eggs y almond extract and then add coconut and mix well.
• 4 carefully pour mixture over caramelized sugar and place cake pan in a roasting pan, adding hot water to a depth of 1-inch in the roasting pan.
• 5 bake for about one hour or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean. remove cake pan from water and cool on a wire rack at least 30 minutes.
• 6 cover and chill overnight. loosen edges with a thin knife. invert flan onto serving plate so caramel will be on the top.