Magic Chocolate Flan Cake

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2013, Cook's Country TV

An all-in-one dessert that combines a fudgy chocolate base with rich flan and sticky caramel—and performs magic in the oven, too? We had to see it to believe it.

SERVES 16

TIME 2 hours, plus 2 hours cooling and 8 hours chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This hybrid dessert has a layer of chocolate cake and a layer of caramel-coated flan that “magically” switch places as they bake. For ease, we started with a simple dump-and-stir chocolate cake recipe. At first, the flan added too much mois...

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