Apple And Almond Brittle Cake

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar + 1 tbsp
• 3/4 cup whole almonds
• 5 1/4 ounces cream cheese
• 6 tablespoons canola oil
• 2 eggs
• 6 tablespoons 2% milk
• 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 apples halved, cored, sliced
• 2/3 cup heavy cream
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F. Grease and flour a 10 inch loaf pan. Caramelize 2 tbsp sugar in a saucepan then add almonds and stir to coat. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with a silpat and set aside to harden. Break into small pieces.
2. Mix together cream cheese, oil, eggs, milk, 1/3 cup sugar, flour and baking powder until smooth. Transfer 1/3 to prepared loaf pan. Top with 1/3 of apple slices and 1/3 of almond brittle. Repeat layers of dough, apple slices and almond brittle. Finish with remaining dough. Bake for about 35 mins then remove and let cool on a wire rack.
3. Whip heavy cream to stiff peaks then fold into sour cream. Add 1 tbsp sugar and vanilla extract. Remove cake from pan, top with whipped cream then decorate with remaining apple slices and almond brittle.

granulated sugar , whole almonds, cream cheese, canola oil, eggs, milk, flour, baking powder, apples, heavy cream, sour cream, vanilla

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Apple-and-Almond-Brittle-Cake-1399617 (may not work)