Swiss Apple Torte

By susanwadle

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 cups apples, sliced and peeled
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup blanched, slivered almonds

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter, 1/3 cup sugar and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla. Blend in flour. Pat dough into bottom of greased 9-inch springform pan and 1 1/2 inches up the sides

Blend cream cheese with 1/4 cup sugar. Add egg and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Blend well and pour into pastry.

Mix the apple slices with 1/3 cup sugar and cinnamon. Arrange apple slices in circles over cream cheese mixture and sprinkle almonds attractively on top of apples.

Put sheet of aluminum foil on oven rack under pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.

Cool completely before removing sides of pan. Refrigerate. Take out of refrigerator 1/2 hour before serving.