Baker Street Large Sponge Flan Case, 200 g

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The best toppings for a strawberry custard flan recipe obviously involve fresh fruit. Consider the following toppings: The word ‘flan’ apparently comes from the Latin for ‘flat cake’, which I suppose could be used to describe either of these confections! Strawberry cheesecake flan 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. 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?

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! 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.

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When the pastry case and custard have cooled down completely, fill the pastry case up to the brim with custard. 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. 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. 🙂 A favourite from my childhood, this strawberry flan recipe is extremely easy to make and great for entertaining too. 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.

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.

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Jeremy Gilboy, Founder of the St Pierre Groupe, said: “This new range is a particularly exciting addition to the Baker Street range as a step into a new category for the brand and it makes producing fabulous desserts easy as pie for consumers to look like patisserie pros.” 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 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. set of cake tins - with these cake tins you can make a fantastic fruity cheesecake or a droolworthy louise cake for instance.

If you are a fan of baking beautiful cakes like this one, don't hesitate to look at these cakes below: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 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 Both are available from CJ Lang and have a minimum guaranteed life of 60 days after hitting the Spar wholesaler’s depot.