Bavarian Apple Torte

A couple of weeks ago, my friend, David, invited me to dinner . After several delicious courses of salad and his famous pasta bolognese [ an old family recipe which I have yet to pry out of him ] he pulled out a beautiful apple torte. I knew that he had worked all day so, how was he serving me a ‘just out of the oven’ dessert? In his words, “there are 3 simple parts to this delicious dessert”! I was not convinced that this gorgeous dessert was simple…

I have been excited to share his recipe with you but, before I posted, I wanted to make sure that it was as quick and easy as he said. I whipped it together Saturday afternoon. He was telling the truth…

If you are anything like me, you tend to indulge in a lot of everything at Christmas time. Creamy soups, cheese with everything, roasted meat and fowl, holiday cocktails – it can get out of control! When David placed this lovely, warm, caramelized apple slice in front of me, rather than inwardly groaning that I would not have enough room to finish it, I was delighted. It is the perfect dessert for the holidays – delicious, quick and light!

I tested David’s recipe on Saturday, after a full day of preparing for dinner that evening. It took me less than 10 minutes to pop it in the oven. My kind of dessert…

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1/3 cup white sugar

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup flour

Beat butter with sugar and vanilla

Add flour and mix until light and crumbly

Pour mixture into an 8 inch spring – form pan, bringing 1/4 inch up the side of pan.

1 – 8 oz package of cream cheese

1/4 cup sugar

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Beat until smooth and creamy, spread over base

Arrange apples in a circular fashion on top of the filling.

Place in preheated oven for 10 minutes

Reduce oven temperature to 400*F and bake for 20-25 mins

Serve warm or chilled with whipped cream.

Thanks for reading.