Caramel Flan: Fabulous and filling

Uninvited, unwanted but that stubborn guest will still show up. Right in time. Though his estimated  time of arrival is unknown. Could be tonight, in the next hour, next minute. The moment you hear his fears footsteps at your doorstep, you’ll be ditched to the backside of the moon, six feet under; a place unreachable and silent as a dead shore where water never meets the land.

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Name of this inevitable, deadly guest is DEATH.

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His raven-black, voodoo presence will choke you, make you feel like a dead wood drifting downstream. He is like a treacherous chunk of cloud curtaining your windows from letting in rays of the sun. You’ll kneel down to God and pray hard for one last time for an exit as you are caught in a spider web; stuck, froze-up in a dark, dingy dungeon – your GRAVE, trapped in an unknown bottomless pit where there is no swimming forward or backward.

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But today you are still alive. Until your Guest arrives, celebrate life by doing good deeds, e.g. making Creamy Caramel Flan for family and friends.

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Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
• 5 large eggs
• 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
• 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk

Directions

1. In a saucepan, cook and stir sugar over medium-low heat until melted and golden, about 15 minutes. Quickly pour into a  2-qt. round non-stick baking dish, tilting to coat the bottom; let stand for 10 minutes.
2. In a bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until thoroughly combined. Add remaining ingredients; mix well. Pour over caramelized sugar.
3.  Pour boiling water into a large pan to a depth of 1 in. Now place the flan dish in it. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until center is just set (mixture will jiggle).
4. Remove dish from the watery pan and cool it for 1 hour. Refrigerate overnight.
5.  Run a plastic knife around edges and flip onto a large rimmed serving platter. Cut into wedges. Spoon sauce over each serving. 8-10 servings.

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Let the guest pop over in the Spring of hope or in the Winter of despair. Welcome him. Do not worry. Your Good Deeds  will make your final departure a grand, magnificent and memorable one.

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