Impossible Pumpkin Chai Flan Cake

• Pumpkin Cake Layer
• 1 box Pumpkin Quick Bread Mix (I use Pillsbury 14oz)
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• Chai Flan Layer
• 12oz can evaporated milk
• 14oz can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 can Mexican Crema
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground cardamom
• 1 bottle prepared caramel sauce or 1 cup homemade, heat to a pourable stage

1. Combine dry mix with sugar.
2. Mix eggs, buttermilk and oil together and add to the dry ingredients. Mix till blended well.
3. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
4. If using 8oz ramekins: Brush sides and bottoms with butter. Pour 1 1/2 tablespoons hot caramel into each ramekin. Let cool. Scoop 1 oz (medium ice cream scoop) of pumpkin cake mixture per ramekin. Spread evenly to edges.
5. If using a 10" Pie or Cake pan 3" deep: Brush pan with butter or spray with release agent. Pour all of hot caramel into pan. Cool. Spoon pumpkin mixture and spread evenly to edges.
6. Mix eggs, crema, sweetened milk and spices in a blender. Add enough evaporated milk to make 3 1/2 cups total liquid. Pour through a strainer into a 4 cup Pyrex measuring cup.
7. Using a ladle, pour flan mixture into ladle and let it spill over the sides until it comes to the top of each ramekin. For pie pan, pour to top.
8. Set out a deep roasting pan (or pans) that's larger than your ramekins or pie pan to act as a water bath during baking.
9. Place baking pans into roasting pans, place in oven and then pour hot water to 1" up the sides.
10. Start checking at 35 minutes for ramekins and 50 minutes for 10" cake pan.rnCake should be springy to the touch when done. A small crack in the cake is OK.
11. Remove from oven, then from water bath. Cool to room temperature, cover and store in refrigerator until ready to serve.
12. To serve: Dip pan(s) in hot water to soften caramel and then carefully run a knife along the side. Place the serving dish on top and flip over. Give it a jiggle to help its release from the sides and pray it comes out.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/7614-impossible-pumpkin-chai-flan-cake (may not work)