Apple Torte

Total Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup strawberry jam or 1/2 cup raspberry jam
• 250 g cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 cups apples, peeled, cored and sliced
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds

Recipe

• 1 base:.
• 2 cream together butter and sugar; add flour and stir until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. press into bottom of and one-inch up sides of the 9-inch square springform pan. spread jam on the bottom crust.
• 3 filling:.
• 4 mix the filling ingredients until smooth and spread evenly over base.
• 5 topping:.
• 6 top apple slices with sugar and cinnamon and arrange gently over filling. sprinkle slivered almonds over the top. place.
• 7 place springform pan on a baking sheet and bake in a preheated 400f oven for 10 minutes. reduce heat to 350f and continue baking for 30 minutes or until apples are tender. cool, serve with whipped cream or ice cream.