Bake and sip along with Esteban as you bake through the Chicano Bakes Cookbook! In this class, readers will be baking from the “Cakes” chapter and will be making the spiced pumpkin chocoflan, a chocoflan comprised of a cream cheese flan layer, and a spiced pumpkin cake layer.
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I’m a few days late and a few dollars short, but it’s finally Fall!
It’s still 85 degrees here in SoCal, so lets crank up the AC for a few minutes and pretend the leaves outside are changing color.
Before we talk about the amazingness that is spiced pumpkin chocoflan, I wanted to share some quick resources for Mexico’s and Puerto Rico’s relief funds.
Mexico: Unicef, Save The Children, Cruz Roja Mexicana
Puerto Rico: United for Puerto Rico, Unicef, All Hands Volunteers
My heart hurts for everyone that was impacted by these natural disasters, and I encourage you to show your support whichever way you can.
I’m a sucker for all things pumpkin; pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin pie, pumpkin ice cream and those amazing Trader Joes pumpkin jojo’s (that I just recently tried to finished a whole box of) and last year, Billy made this spiced chocolate pumpkin loaf that was so moist and chocolatey with just the right amount of spice and pumpkin and I mentioned to him that I wanted to see how it would hold up in a chocoflan.
If you don’t know what chocoflan is, it’s basically a cake that consists of two layers, chocolate cake as the bottom layer and flan as the top layer. Some people refer to it as the “impossible” cake because when you’re making it, you add the batter to the pan first and then pour in the flan mixture and during the baking process they switch places! It’s basically a magic trick you can eat.
Adding pumpkin to the cake makes it really moist, and if you’ve never had chocolate and pumpkin together, you’re in for a real treat. It’s such a great pairing that you might have never thought to combine. The recipe calls for pumpkin pie spice, and I strongly suggest you check out Billy’s homemade recipe for it so you don’t end up using store-bought pumpkin spice that tastes super artificial.
With all the work potlucks that are going to be popping up in the next few weeks, add this dessert to your repertoire and impress everyone at work!
I have a few fun recipes that I’ll be sharing next week. Till then, grab a fork and enjoy a slice of chocoflan drenched in cajeta, y nos vemos pronto.
