Apple Streusel Cake with Almonds

Yield: 9 servings (serving size: 1 wedge)

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)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350°.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

277 (31% from fat)

Fat:

9.5g (sat 5.3g,mono 3g,poly 0.6g)

Protein:

4.4g

Carbohydrate:

43.8g

Fiber:

1.9g

Cholesterol:

47mg

Iron:

1.3mg

Sodium:

249mg

Calcium:

56mg