Spiced Flan

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• ½ cup water
• 1 tablespoon corn syrup (optional, to prevent crystallization)
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 6 eggs
• 1 cup Crystal milk
• 1 cup Crystal heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract or paste
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 whole star anise (sub ¼ teaspoon nutmeg)
• ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
• ½ ground ginger
• 1 orange or lemon peel