Ever since I made Caramel flan cake, I always hope that I could make a no-egg version so that my vegetarian/vegan friends and family members can fully enjoy it. With a help from agar powder and jelly powder, I could finally made it (and delivered it to my friend for a taste test!). I am truly happy that she liked it.
No-egg? How can we do that?
Shout out to a big help from agar agar and jelly powder! The ones I used are included below.
Note that you can use any agar powder and jelly powder that are available to you, as long as you get the right concentration. For example:
- With the agar agar powder, the instructions say make it to 1 – 1.5%.
- With the jelly powder (make the flan cake jiggly), the instructions say 10g per 1.5 L water, meaning 0.7%.
With the intention to use 1 gram for each type of powder, I made the liquid portion to a total volume of ~ 250 mL to meet both concentrations. And adding regular corn starch makes the batter (and the final product) denser.
What types of milk can I use?
Any types of milk you want, regular milk or plant-based milk. In this recipe, I demonstrated the recipe with Oat milk (from OATLY!) and regular milk & heavy cream.
Without further ado, let’s get to the recipe!
Ingredients: (for 2-3 servings)
- Caramel liner:
- Sugar: 3 tablespoons (1 tablespoon for each ramkin)
- Hot water: 3 tablespoons (1 tablespoon for each ramkin)
Vegan version with oat milk
(for 3 servings)
- Oat milk: 250 mL (I used OATLY! Oatmilk)
- Sugar: 2 – 3 tablespoons
- Agar powder: 1/4 teaspoons (~1 g)
- Jelly powder: 1/4 teaspoons (~1 g)
- Corn starch: 2 teaspoons
- Vanilla extract: 1/4 teaspoons
- Yellow food coloring: 1-2 drops
No-egg version with regular milk/cream (for 3 servings)
- Heavy cream: 1/2 cup
- Milk: 3/2 cup
- Sugar: 2 – 3 tablespoons
- Agar powder: 1/4 teaspoons (~1 g)
- Jelly powder: 1/4 teaspoons (~1 g)
- Corn starch: 2-3 teaspoons
- Vanilla extract: 1/4 teaspoons
- Yellow food coloring: 1-2 drops
Preparation:
Making caramel liner with microwave:
- Add 1 tablespoon of sugar to each ramkin, and then add 1 tablespoon of hot water to it. Stir gently to dissolve the sugar as much as possible.
- Place the ramkins in the microwave, and heat them up for 2 minutes, check every 30 seconds to dissolve the sugar completely and monitor the melting/burning of sugar to form a caramel liner. May add 20 – 30 seconds more at the end to achieve your desired caramel color. The microwave I used is 1000W, so it took 2 minutes 20 seconds in average, the square ramkins took a little longer while the round ones needed shorter time for the caramel liner.
Making the batter (oat milk for vegan version; regular milk & cream for a no-egg version)
- Add oat milk (or regular milk and heavy cream), sugar, agar agar powder, jelly powder and corn starch to a small sauce pan. Stir to dissolve.
- Place the saucepan on medium heat, and constantly stir until it is thickened (the effect of corn starch, agar agar and jelly powder). Note that must stir it vigorously to prevent local thicken by agar agar/jelly powder.
- Take the saucepan off the heat and stir in the vanilla extract and yellow food coloring.
- Pour into the ramkins with caramel liner. Let them chill in the fridge for 3 hours then enjoy!
Total time: 20 minutes + 3 hours of chilling
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Vegan/vegetarian flan cake
Ingredients
Caramel liner:
- 3 tbsp Sugar
- 3 tbsp Water
For vegan version:
- 250 mL Oat milk: 250 mL (I used OATLY! Oatmilk)
- 2 tsp Corn starch
For regular milk version:
- ½ cup Heavy cream
- 1½ cup Milk
- 3 tsp Corn starch
Ingredient applied for both:
- 2-3 tbsp Sugar
- ¼ tsp Agar agar powder Telephone brand
- ¼ tsp Jelly powder Nguyen Long brand
- ¼ tsp Vanilla extract
- 2-3 drops Yellow food coloring
Instructions
Making caramel liner with microwave:
- Add 1 tablespoon of sugar to each ramkin, and then add 1 tablespoon of hot water to it. Stir gently to dissolve the sugar as much as possible.
- Place the ramkins in the microwave, and heat them up for 2 minutes, check every 30 seconds to dissolve the sugar completely and monitor the melting/burning of sugar to form a caramel liner. May add 20 – 30 seconds more at the end to achieve your desired caramel color. The microwave I used is 1000W, so it took 2 minutes 20 seconds in average, the square ramkins took a little longer while the round ones needed shorter time for the caramel liner.
Making the batter (oat milk for vegan version; regular milk & cream for a no-egg version)
- Add oat milk (or regular milk and heavy cream), sugar, agar agar powder, jelly powder and corn starch to a small sauce pan. Stir to dissolve.
- Place the saucepan on medium heat, and constantly stir until it is thickened (the effect of corn starch, agar agar and jelly powder). Note that must stir it vigorously to prevent local thicken by agar agar/jelly powder.
- Take the saucepan off the heat and stir in the vanilla extract and yellow food coloring.
- Pour into the ramkins with caramel liner. Let them chill in the fridge for 3 hours then enjoy!
