Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 pound cooking apples, peeled, cored and diced
- 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
- 1 cup dark brown sugar, divided
- 1/2 cup sliced almonds, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon cloves
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 stick butter, room temperature
- 6 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces and chilled well
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
Make it step by step
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Grease and flour a 9 inch springform pan, tap out excess flour.
- In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt, whisking to combine.
- Remove 3/4 c. flour mixture and place into a medium bowl.
- Add almonds, 1/2 c. brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon and chilled butter pieces.
- Cut butter into the flour and sugar mixture with the pastry cutter until it resembles the texture of cornmeal.
- Place mixture into fridge until ready to use.
- In another bowl, combine diced apples, orange juice, 1/3 c. brown sugar 2 tsp cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
- Stir to combine well and set aside.
- In bowl of stand mixer add granulated sugar, room temperature butter and cream cheese.
- Beat to combine until light in color and fluffy, about 1 minute.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating to combine thoroughly between additions.
- Add extract and beat to combine well.
- Scrape down sides of bowl and add large bowl of flour mixture.
- Mix until just combined.
- Remove bowl from mixer, add apple mixture and fold in to batter lightly.
- Add half of batter to springform pan, smoothing out evenly.
- Combine remaining brown sugar, cinnamon and sprinkle evenly over batter, spreading almost to edges.
- Add remaining batter to pan, smoothing out evenly.
- Remove almond streusel from fridge and sprinkle evenly over top of batter.
- Place springform pan into oven and bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 60-70 minutes.
Nutrition and portions
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Recipe source
Adapted from Foodista by Yuna Wu, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.
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