Apple Streusel Cake with Almonds
Ingredients
- Streusel:
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons sliced almonds
- Cake:
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup (2 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons amaretto (almond-flavored liqueur)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk
- Cooking spray
- 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced peeled Braeburn apple (about 3/4 pound)
Nutrition Information
- calories 277
- caloriesfromfat 31 %
- fat 9.5 g
- satfat 5.3 g
- monofat 3 g
- polyfat 0.6 g
- protein 4.4 g
- carbohydrate 43.8 g
- fiber 1.9 g
- cholesterol 47 mg
- iron 1.3 mg
- sodium 249 mg
- calcium 56 mg
How to Make It
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Preheat oven to 350°.
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To prepare streusel, combine first 3 ingredients in a medium bowl; cut in 1 tablespoon butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in almonds.
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To prepare cake, beat granulated sugar, cream cheese, and 1/4 cup butter in a large bowl with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Add amaretto, extracts, and egg, beating well.
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Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture to egg mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
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Pour batter into a 9-inch round cake pan coated with cooking spray; sharply tap pan once on counter to remove air bubbles. Arrange apple slices over batter; sprinkle with streusel.
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Bake at 350° for 45 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Cut into wedges.
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