International Recipes
Bavarian Apple Torte
Ingredients
Crust
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
Filling
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Topping
- 4 cups Golden Delicious apples,peeled and thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup almonds, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/3 cup honey
Instructions
Crust
- Cream butter, honey and vanilla extract. Blend into flour, pat into a greased 9 inch springform pan (bottom and up sides enough to accommodate filling and topping).
Filling
- Combine cheese and honey; mix well; add egg and vanilla extract; mix and pour into pastry lined pan.
Topping
- Place sliced apples on top of the filling (in circular pattern) sprinkle with almonds, and cinnamon and drizzle with honey as uniformly as possible.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 425 degrees F.
- Reduce oven temperature to 400 degrees F, and bake for approximately 25 minutes more.
- Let cool, then refrigerate.