I agree the Philippine way of cooking Leche Flan is steam. Your style is oven bake thus not Philippine style. I also agree about respect, it is hard to be respected kung ipinag-wawalang bahala natin, dahil "gusto ko eh!" o, "mas magaling ako" o, "paraan ko ito, paki mo" not all of us would be where we are without our elders and thier elders before them. I will say this is not Philippine Leche Flan but it is Leche Flan. Maybe you can consider putting Modified or Improved or just the name of the recepie like others did.

The sauce i use pancake syrup, kasi sometimes I over do when making from scratch at lasang mapait. This is not Philippne syle but it still is Leche Flan.

I also agree about using pancake syrup when don't want to take the time to cook sugar, I was given this hint by my husband's father, who was a good filipino cook, but has passed away. He taught me how to make leche flan before he passed. I am not filipino. But he taught me also the way you suggested in the oven. He was also old school.

Hi there kababayan! Actually I use this page for my cooking guide and I don't see any difference cooking leche flan using steamer or oven, problem here though, the way she tag her leche flan, not the filipino typical way of cooking it, but yeah,you did great job! Your leche flan is quite better than the one we used to eat before...

I haven't been to the phil. For a very very long time and as I was reading all the comments and really some of us haven't change their moldy mentality. Who cares if its oven or steam, it all depends on who's cooking and eating it. If it's good-fine! If not look for another recipe, no fuss. If they don't have oven-they won't have computers either TO LOOK FOR RECIPE!

My friend in Taiwan cooks leche flan using whatever is available (stove or oven). My friend's Filipina wife here in Singapore also cooks it either with open air steaming or with oven... both methods are fantastic! So sad we still have people with serious crab mentality... I don't see much of this among the other Asian countries (I worked in most Asian countries except Myanmar).

I agree that sali't saling's comment was too much. Though, I think that the recipe was able to solicit that reaction since the title "Philippine's" was used. Leche flan's are originally cooked via steam as most, if not all, Filipinos know. Probably, it would have been better if there was a caption in the title like "(baked)" or "modern" or "non-traditional" or have the word "Philippine's" removed completely.

Thank you so much for posting this. I need to bring a tray of leche flan this weekend. I normally air steamed my leche flan; but I will try your recipe.

sali't sabing's comment maybe too much but i guess what he/she is pointing out is the use of "philippine's" in razielle's recipe...she should have made is as 'modified version of philippine's leche flan'...but i agree that the oven version is better than the traditional steam cooking ^_^

I have no issue with what Sali't wrote. There are just some people who are "purist". I tend to be the same way about a couple of items I cook. Other methods may produce the same, or similar result, but it might not be the traditional way of cooking the item (I tend to get anal about how to cook a cheesecake...even though other methods are just as good).

I am not Filipino, however my husband is. We have an 8 year old daughter who may never make it to the Philippians. I think it would be a good thing culturally for her to at least learn to make a dish its traditional way...if for no other reason than to *say* that she had made it (at least once or twice) the way her ancestors did.

Just my 2 cents.

First of all..I read the comments to see how good the recipe was or if there are any suggestions to make it better. One thing i do not enjoy reading is telling the person that "this is not the proper/filipino way of making it" Who the hell cares??????? There are a lot of filipinos that are all over the world and have no steamers (did you even consider this?) Where I live I can't find a steamer big enough to cook leche flan so I have to use the oven and use a steam bath instead..Also, leche flan is not a filipino thing..in canada we call it Creme Caramel..this particular food did not come from the philippines.. its from the spaniards (so what makes it traditionally ours?).. either way..i have no problem with the recipe..good job on the person who made it because I could never find an easier way to make leche flan than this..

i think the are delishioso!

My mother was born and raised in Manila and later became a citizen of the US. She made this dessert for us many times while I was growing up. She always baked it in the oven. It's good stuff. Not very healthy with all the fat, yolks and sugar, but sure tastes good.

Nasubukan ko na ang ganyang style pero ok nmn, un nga lang mas masarap talaga pag steamed. Eto ung version para sa iba na hindi gumagamit ng steamer at oven lang ang gamit kc me timer e, no need to check from to time. =) Kanya-kanyang style a lang yan, wag nmn sana taung mapagmalaki kung me alam tau na mas magandang paraan, at lalaitin pa ang ninuno? Wag nmn! Pede nmn magshare ng knowledge e. Go fof it, Razielle. =)

duh!!! old fashion k namn pla eh!!!! tapos n po ang stone age!!!! high tech n ngaun noh!!!!

it's hard to find a steamer nowadays..steam bake is alright as long as u kno how to do it.ang yabang naman nyang Sali't saling sabi Pilipino na yan.