Baker Street Large Sponge Flan Case, 200 g

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However, if you are attempting this recipe in the late spring or summer months, then you are in for a treat. Go for strawberries which have a dark red colour. Avoid the pink / greenish ones as these aren't ripe enough. Also, avoid strawberries which are turning brown. These are not good anymore. Strawberry flan can’t be frozen. On freezing the chemical structure of both jelly and berries changes and it will become a soggy mess on thawing.

The best toppings for a strawberry custard flan recipe obviously involve fresh fruit. Consider the following toppings: If you are a fan of baking beautiful cakes like this one, don't hesitate to look at these cakes below: This kind of filled fruit flan is very different to the baked custard kind of flan that’s enjoyed in parts of South America, which is more like a French creme caramel. If you are attempting this recipe in the winter months when strawberries are naturally off season, then take this advice – source your strawberries in a premium supermarket.

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If you have any leftover strawberries, then you can make yourself a healthy breakfast smoothie. For example, try to make this strawberry and orange smoothie, this strawberry and orange juice or you could even try to make a strawberry chutney. strawberry custard flan Bake the cake mixture in a regular 8 inch cake tin. When it is cold, use a small plate as a template to cut a circle out of the top. Excavate this to a depth of about 1.5 cm (¾ inch), being very careful not to break through the edge. Then fill and serve as per the recipe. This is essentially a flan, although of course you will be shortchanged on the cake part slightly! I was really pleased with this delectable strawberry cheesecake flan. It’s easy to make, can be prepared in advance, looks gorgeous, and tastes amazing! What more do you want from a recipe?! For this reason, I recommend filling the sponge cake flan case in advance of when you plan to serve your flan – even the night before is fine – and then chilling it in the fridge. You can add the strawberries and decorations and chill the whole thing, all ready to go. Alternatively, leave off the berries and decorations and add them just before serving. Last minute dessert Make a pastry or crumb crust, and use this to hold the creamy cheesecake filling and strawberries. This is more like a pie than a flan, but still good!

set of cake tins - with these cake tins you can make a fantastic fruity cheesecake or a droolworthy louise cake for instance. Another popular flan filling is a combination of cream or custard with fruit. The space in the flan case is first filled with whipped cream, creme patisserie (sometimes called confectioners custard), mousse, whipped custard or something similar. Then sliced or whole fruits are arranged on top. They can be covered with a sweet glaze, or just left plain. Since Shavuot is almost here, I already had cheesecake on the brain, so I decided to make a sweetened cream cheese filling. I had a punnet of ripe and juicy strawberries just crying out to go on top.To enhance the fruity flavours, I also added a layer of sweet strawberry jam underneath the ‘cheesecake’ layer. You can choose to leave this out if you like but it did make it extra delicious! Strawberry cheesecake flan – ingredients Having rediscovered my flan tin, I wondered what I should use to fill my tasty vanilla sponge flan case. Lush, ripe strawberries are all piled into a sponge flan case and topped with simple jelly to hold it all together. It’s vibrant, sweet, fresh and incredibly light.

If you would like to make this strawberry flan as beautiful as possible, then prepare the fresh strawberries with care. Cut them up into delicate slices. Place the thin slices of fresh strawberry next to one another. In short, flan is usually a caramel-based custard, layered with a dark caramel sauce. You might also know it as caramel pudding. In either case, my strawberry flan is a little bit different. It has a sponge base, and the flan filling doesn't include caramel.

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This strawberry flan recipe isn't your ordinary flan. Most of the time, a flan is also known as creme caramel (in French) or crema volteada (in Spanish).