Cream Cheese Flan with Cajeta - sugar

Method

• Heat oven to 350F.
• Cook 1 cup sugar in small heavy saucepan on medium heat until sugar is melted and deep golden brown in color, stirring constantly.
• Immediately pour into 9-inch round cake pan; tilt pan to evenly cover bottom of pan with syrup.
• Blend evaporated milk and cream cheese in blender until smooth.
• Add remaining sugar, eggs, cajeta and vanilla; blend well.
• Pour over syrup in pan; cover with foil.
• Place cake pan in larger shallow pan.
• Add enough hot water to larger pan to come halfway up outside of cake pan.
• Bake 50 min.
• to 1 hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool.
• Carefully remove cake pan from water.
• Cool on wire rack.
• Refrigerate 4 hours.
• Invert pan onto platter just before serving; remove pan.