Chocolate-Orange Cream Cheese Flan

Ingredients

• 8 oz philadelphia cream cheese cubed
• 5  eggs 
• 12 oz evaporated milk canned
• 1 small orange zest 
• 1 Tbsp liqueur orange-flavored
• 0.1 tsp salt 
• 2 oz baker's semi-sweet chocolate cooled melted
• 2 cups sugar divided

Equipment

• frying pan
• sauce pan
• oven
• knife
• wire rack
• blender

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Cook 1 cup sugar in small heavy saucepan on medium heat until sugar is deep golden brown, stirring constantly.
3. Pour into 8-inch round pan.
4. Blend milk and cream cheese in blender until smooth.
5. Add remaining sugar, eggs, chocolate, liqueur, zest and salt; blend well.
6. Pour over syrup in pan; cover.
7. Place in larger pan.
8. Add enough water to larger pan to come halfway up side of small pan.
9. Bake 1 hour or until knife inserted 1 inch from edge comes out clean. Cool flan completely on wire rack. Refrigerate 4 hours. Loosen flan from side of pan; unmold onto plate just before serving.