Easy Keto Flan

This keto flan is silky smooth, creamy, and features a perfectly clear, amber-colored caramel sauce. It’s a Cuban keto flan, and it’s going to make your keto diet a delicious breeze!

The truth is that few recipes are as synonymous with Latin culture as flan, and my family and friends REALLY wanted me to make a low-carb flan that would fool even the most discriminating palate.

Even your Abuela will gladly enjoy this recipe. 

If that’s not a win, I don’t know what is!

I have a recipe for keto citrus posset, which is another type of custard recipe that uses lemon juice instead of eggs to firm up the custard. It’s one you should also give a try. Be sure to also check out our Keto Cuban Recipes for more flavorful options!

Keto Flan

Not familiar with flan? It’s also known as creme caramel. It’s a creamy custard that is similar to creme brulee but has a firmer texture.

What sets it apart, is that it features a caramel sauce that is baked along with the custard, and when fully chilled it’s turned upside down over a plate, the clear amber sauce should ooze out well over the top and sides of the flan. 

It’s a recipe that may sound a little fancy but is actually easy to make and a common dessert in the Hispanic and Filipino communities. 

I knew I had a winning recipe when this keto leche flan passed for its high carb counterpart and it started to get requested almost immediately. It’s a sugar-free flan that you’ll be proud to serve.

Although I’m calling this a Cuban keto flan, it’s really a Latin-style flan similar to what’s served in the Mexican and Filipino communities too. 

How To Make A Cuban Keto Flan

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Note that the full printable recipe card is at the bottom of the post. 

To make this recipe, you’ll need to begin by making the sauce first on the stovetop by browning the butter and adding the allose sweetener.

The caramel sauce is added to each ramekin being sure to coat the bottom and sides before adding the creme custard. You can also make this flan recipe in 6 mini bundt pans, one large 9×5 inch loaf pan, or one 9-inch cake pan.

This comes together easily by gently whisking the eggs, egg yolks, heavy cream, sugar substitute of choice, and vanilla until combined.

The only important thing to remember is to not over-whisk the mixture to avoid foam-forming by whisking too vigorously.

After you’ve poured the custard evenly among the prepared ramekins you’ll bake the flans in a baking dish that is filled with about 1 inch of hot water, a bain Marie. 

Cooking the flans in a water bath is key in getting the silkiest texture and avoiding the risk of overbaking. 

You also do not want to overbake it, as it will cause bubbles. This means you will want to take the flan out of the oven when it is just set.

The top of the flan will be smooth and the outside edges will be firm but the center will still jiggle similar to gelatin.

Chilling And Unmolding The Keto Flans

Once the flans are allowed to cool at room temperature, you will need them to chill for a minimum of 8 hours or overnight in the refrigerator. 

After the flans have had time to cool completely, they can be unmolded.

The easiest way to remove the flans from the container you chose to bake them in, is to carefully run a knife along the edges of the flan and then place the container in about an inch of hot water. 

Then place a plate over the container and quickly flip the plate so that the flan unmolds. The hot water will make the flans release easily once they are flipped onto your plate.

Ingredients Needed For Keto Cuban Flan

The following are the ingredients you’ll need to make a low-carb flan. Note that the full printable recipe card is at the bottom of the page.

Flan

• Room-temperature eggs
• Egg yolks, room temperature
• Granulated sugar substitute 
• Heavy whipping cream 
• Vanilla extract
• Salt

Caramel Sauce

• Unsalted, room-temperature butter
• Allulose sweetener
• Salt

Best Sugar Substitute For Flan

I knew that getting custard and egg pudding would be easy to do by simply swapping the traditional condensed and evaporated milk for heavy cream and using a low-carb sugar substitute.

For the custard, I used Lakanto monk fruit as the sweetener because it’s my favorite but you can use Swerve granulated sugar substitute, which is an erythritol blend.

Similar to Lakanto it uses sugar alcohols and has a 0 % impact on blood sugar. This is a major plus when doing a keto diet.

Personally, I don’t like using stevia because I am sensitive to the aftertaste. But if that’s not the case for you, you could certainly use the stevia and erythritol-based brand Pyure for this recipe.

However, if you go this route, you will want to use 1/2 the amount called for in this recipe since it’s much sweeter.

Lastly, if you can’t easily find a more natural sugar substitute you can also use Splenda with great success.

When it came to the clear caramel sauce it would prove to be a little more challenging and took a couple of tries. What I found is that most sugar substitutes will crystalize once the flan had to chill and that was NOT what I wanted.

I was looking to recreate the clear almìba sauce that stayed runny. 

Sugar Substitute For The Caramel Sauce

After testing several sweeteners, I landed on an allulose sweetener as the best choice. It made the perfect low-carb caramel sauce with zero crystallization issues. 

The sweetness of allulose is about 70% of sugar or erythritol and it’s why I use a little more in the recipe. 

If you are wondering if you could use erythritol for the caramel sauce, you could but it will seize as it cools and the texture will be off.  

It really is worth using the allulose sweetener to ensure you get that classic, clear caramel sauce that is distinctive in an authentic flan. 

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As someone who grew up having flan on the regular, it was a recipe I hoped to create but wasn’t sure I could make happen. Thankfully, this recipe worked well and made our family quite happy. 

I really hope you will give this sugar-free flan a try and create your own priceless memories. 

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