Easy Crème Caramel

The most luxurious French dessert!

Crème Caramel is such an easy French dessert to master! It’s a delicious baked custard dessert swimming in a sea of caramel sauce. It’s chilled overnight and then reversed onto a plate. It’s a great, easy dessert to make in the springtime and perfect for entertaining because the whole thing can be made the day before!

For more classic French desserts try my Easy Chocolate Eclair Recipe, Financier Recipe or my French Apple Cake recipe. caramel recipe is such an easy French dessert to master! It’s a delicious baked custard dessert swimming in a sea of caramel sauce. It’s chilled overnight and then reversed onto a plate. It’s a great, easy dessert to make in the springtime and perfect for entertaining because the whole thing can be made the day before!

For more classic French desserts try my Easy Chocolate Eclair Recipe, Financier Recipe or my French Apple Cake recipe.

Watch My Video Demo Below!

Crème Caramel Uses Basic Ingredients You Probably Already Have on Hand!

All it takes is eggs, sugar, vanilla, milk and cream!

What are You in For?

Below is a breakdown of the process at-a-glance. The blog post on my website has the full step-by-step with all the tips!

Step#1: Make the Caramel Sauce

Essentially, you’ll boil the sugar water until it turns a deep amber color like this below.

Step#2: Fill Your Ramekins

But be sure to spray them with baking spray first! I like glass ramekins because you can see inside them and check on the process during various stages (in the video above I’ll show you how)

Step#3: Make the Custard Base

Add simmering milk/cream into your egg mixture. Temper the eggs, fill the ramekins and bake in a water bath. Yes, the water bath is necessary and will ensure a smooth creamy texture!

Watch Out For This:

Don’t overbake the custards, or you’ll end up with little air bubbles on the side that look like this!