Apple Streusel Cake With Almonds

• 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)

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Bake at 350u0b0 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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Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/apple-streusel-cake-with-almonds (may not work)