Apple Bavarian Torte

Today I am going to share one of my all time favorite desserts. I found this recipe on allrecipes.com a few years ago and I've made it a million times since. It's been amazing each and every time. Simple and sweet and an apple lover's dream.

Ingredients: (divided into crust, filling, and topping, respectively)
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract, divided
1 cup all-purpose flour

1 package cream cheese (8 oz)
1/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

6 apples - peeled, cored and sliced (I like using Granny Smith apples because they are nice and tart)
1/3 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup sliced almonds

First, preheat your oven to 450 degrees F.
Next, cream together the butter and sugar, then add the vanilla and flour (this is the crust). Press the crust mixture into the bottom of a springform pan (I have a 10 inch, but you could also use a 9 inch).

Super easy. Now, with a hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer, blend cream cheese and sugar (this is the filling). Then beat in the egg and vanilla. Pour the cream cheese mixture over the crust.

There ya go. Next, toss your chopped up apples with the sugar and cinnamon (this is the topping).

Add these on top of the cream cheese. There's not enough cream cheese to bind all of these apples onto the dessert so they just sit nice and pretty on top of the torte.
Throw that (well, no, don't actually throw it) into the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Then reduce the heat to 400 degrees F and bake for another 25 minutes. Then sprinkle some almonds over top of the torte and bake until just lightly browned. Let cool, then cut into slices.

Ta da! I served mine with some caramel sauce drizzled over top however the caramel recipe I used is one that I will not use again so I figured it's no use to share it! As soon as I find a caramel recipe that I like you bet your ass it'll be on here.

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Until next time...

xoxo
Ash