Perfectly cooked, delicate, super creamy custard with an irresistible coffee flavor throughout! If you love coffee, you’re going to adore this coffee flan!
Coffee flan (coffee crème caramel)
Well, there’s not much to say here. If you love coffee and tea drinks, you’re going to go NUTS over this creamy coffee flan!
And what-do-you-know, I love coffee too! 🙂 In fact, a little too much, you might say. I have gone from not drinking coffee at all in my younger years, to drinking 8-10 shots of espresso a day when I used to work as a barista.
I no longer need that much coffee thankfully, but I still take my coffee seriously. And I LOVE, LOVE working with coffee flavor in my cooking and baking. Like this popular coffee layer cake (espresso cake) on the blog, dalgona coffee pudding, iced coffee popsicles, coffee doughnuts etc.
This Coffee Flan (Coffee Creme Caramel or Espresso Creme Caramel) is pretty straight forward. I took my husband’s favorite dessert (creme caramel pudding, also known as caramel flan) and gave it a coffee twist.
I knew we were both going to enjoy it, but I honestly did not foresee how much Mr K was going to love it! It’s been several years and many dozens of times since I first made this for him, and he still goes nuts for this coffee flan. Every. single. time.
What I love about this coffee flan
It’s easy to make. Any type of creme caramel or flan is one of my favorite easy dessert recipes to make. The flavors are unforgivingly addictive. They are great crowd pleasers, and by making them in ramekins, I make individual portions.
I have shared recipes for this poached apple & cinnamon creme caramel, and classic creme caramel before. I’ve been meaning to share the recipe for this coffee creme caramel for a long time too now, and I finally got around to it. 🙂 I have made this coffee flan with instant coffee as well as freshly ground coffee beans, and I personally prefer the taste of fresh coffee beans. However, the instant coffee version leaves no fine coffee in the custard since it dissolves completely, if that’s something that appeals to you. I, on the other hand, freakin’ LOVE that dark coffee top you get on the custard with freshly ground coffee, and it even infuses the coffee flavor into the caramel too.
Recipe notes
As you can see, the caramel layer at the bottom on each ramekin (which ends up on top when you flip over the custard) is caramelized a little darker than usual. This is because I caramelize the caramel to a dark amber before adding it to the ramekins – this adds a great depth of flavor of the coffee flan.
How to make coffee flan
The ingredient ratio that I always use for the custard base in this coffee flan is,
3 cups of creamy liquid (half and half, cream or a mix of cream and full cream milk) 4 yolks and 2 eggs 2/3 cup of sugar & Vanilla
There are slight variations depending on the flavors that I work with, but this is the base recipe that I always build on. And then bake for approximately 25-30 minutes (exact time varies depending on the oven) in the oven in 1/2 cup ramekins. Let them cool down. Chill in the fridge. Enjoy! This creamy coffee flan is a truly addictive dessert. Do keep an eye on them when they’re baking. Over-baking will result in a “dry” custard. The key is to bake until there’s just a little wobble in the middle of the surface of the pudding. The surrounding area will slightly bubble up and this is normal. This will result in a perfectly cooked custard, with a super creamy creme caramel, that is an absolute dream to devour! 🙂
More easy dessert recipes you’ll love
Vanilla pudding Chocolate pudding Homemade banana pudding Bavarian creme recipe Chocolate cremeux Molten chocolate lava cake Chocolate mousse Butterscotch mousse Chocolate tart (chocolate ganache tart) Chocolate truffles Peanut butter balls (easy buckeyes) Classic panna cotta
Flan desserts are easy to make with my ratio of ingredients. It’s a great canvas for different flavors! Like this Apple and Cinnamon Flan that I’ve shared earlier! Flan is also called creme caramel pudding in other parts of the world (that’s what I called it growing up). We also know how obsessive I can be when it comes to coffee… but that shouldn’t be anything new. If you liked this creamy coffee flan recipe, don’t forget to subscribe for new (and free) recipes by entering your email address on the side bar (and get all these recipes delivered straight to your inbox), so you don’t miss out on a thing. You can find me on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, PINTEREST, YOU TUBE and GOOGLE-PLUS too.
