Preheat oven to 160°C. Place sugar in a saucepan over medium heat and cook, swirling the pan, for 8 minutes or until a dark caramel colour. Immediately pour into a 1L lightly greased loaf pan.

Prepare cake as per package direction, then pour batter mixture slowly on top of custard. Bake using the Baine Marie-style (custard pans placed in baking trays half filled with hot water) for 30 ...

The creamy cake features 5 homemade layers – moist, fluffy, ube chiffon cake, light vanilla custard, creamy leche flan, toasted pinipig for some crunch, and a dollop of whipped cream.

This ube flan cake was created by baker Irene Pabellano, founder of Santa Ana-based Pastries On Demand. The dessert is available at locations in north Orange County. (Courtesy of Pastries On Demand) ...

Tres leches, a sweet cake soaked with three kinds of milk, needs no fanfare or champion — it’s already well-loved. “When I was a kid, tres leches was number one, and flan was number two ...

The Cuatro Leche Flan Cake (P680), which Messerts launched in May 2021, instantly became a best-seller, because why wouldn’t it be a hit with Pinoy sweet tooths?

Ask five Nicaraguans about the origins of tres leches, a yellow cake soaked with a three-milk syrup and topped with meringue, and you’ll get seven different versions.