Baker Street Large Sponge Flan Case, 200 g

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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. Beautiful and summery, you seriously have to give this delicious strawberry sponge flan a go. You won’t regret it. More recipes you’ll love If you don’t have a flan tin, it’s still possible to make a version of this delicious dessert. You have a number of options. Neither and both all at once. Strawberry flan looks like a tart but with the sponge on the bottom is almost a single layer cake. It’s a summer dessert for kids and adults alike and uses minimal ingredients. The sponge flan base takes mere minutes in the oven and is just one of those no-fuss recipes that’s great to have in your recipe arsenal. How to make it – step by step I doubt you would have enough left to freeze anyway. Since this is so light, you can serve up largish portions of this and still feel like it was a light dessert. I get anywhere between 6-8 serves from mine.

If you are going to make strawberry flan, then you will need to know how to select the right type of strawberries. set of cake tins - with these cake tins you can make a fantastic fruity cheesecake or a droolworthy louise cake for instance. Serve this fruit flan as is. It’s flavourful and needs nothing more but if you must have something, a little unsweetened whipped cream would do the job.

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Having rediscovered my flan tin, I wondered what I should use to fill my tasty vanilla sponge flan case. Actually, my version of strawberry flan resembles those in Paris, which also have a base. However in the UK, a flan is also considered an open sweet pie.

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. Or you could just make my fruit custard tart which will give you much more room for filling. Serving and storage 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). 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!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. When the pastry case and custard have cooled down completely, fill the pastry case up to the brim with custard. Both are available from CJ Lang and have a minimum guaranteed life of 60 days after hitting the Spar wholesaler’s depot. Secondly, while mum might work in ounces, I actually grew up using grams so I’ve shown both measures in the recipe. Sadly, 2-55-55-1 doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, though. 🙂

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. 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. A favourite from my childhood, this strawberry flan recipe is extremely easy to make and great for entertaining too.

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If you don’t have time to wait, you can simply fill your flan case with something simple and serve straightaway. Ideas for alternative fillings include: If you wanted to make this parve (dairy free) you can also substitute non-dairy ‘cream cheese’ and it works perfectly well. 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. Place eggs, sugar and butter into a large bowl and mix together with a blender until fluffy, which should take about 3 minutes.

The best toppings for a strawberry custard flan recipe obviously involve fresh fruit. Consider the following toppings: Otherwise, you will not be able to extract any of the fruity flavour from the strawberries. As you know, when strawberries aren't in season, sometimes it's the case that the strawberries are really bland and have no flavour at all. This kind of flan is popular in Germany and other parts of Europe. In Germany it’s known as Obsttorte or Obstboden. When is a flan not a flan? The ingredients for this strawberry cheesecake flan are quite straightforward. The flan case is basically a simple, all-in-one sponge cake. The cheesecake filling is simply cream cheese sweetened with a little sugar and flavoured with a squeeze of lemon. To avoid an over-stuffed pantry, I make my own self-raising flour by adding baking powder to plain flour. either version works in this sponge flan recipe.

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. 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 Strawberries are one of my favourite fruits. Sweet, juicy but firm and so fresh, I have loads of recipes on this blog for the strawberry lover. This Strawberry sponge cake is an even more elegant version of the same flavours. Is it cake or tart? If you are a fan of baking beautiful cakes like this one, don't hesitate to look at these cakes below: