Bavarian Apple Torte

I LOVE this torte. I would be a very sad girl if I ever lost this recipe. It was in storage for a long time so I didn't make it for about five years. Those were a long four years. This recipe is totally worth making.

Crust:
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1 cup all-purpose flour

Filling:
12-oz. cream cheese, room temperature
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla

Topping:
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
4 cups peeled sliced tart apples
1/4 cup slivered almonds

Cream butter, sugar and vanilla. Blend in flour. Spread dough on the bottom 1-inch up the sides of a 9 inch spring form pan.

to make filling, beat together cream cheese and sugar. Blend in the egg and vanilla. Pour into pastry-lined pan.

To make topping, combine sugar and cinnamon; toss with apples. Arrange apples in concentric circles over cream cheese layer. Sprinkle with almonds.

Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 400 and continue baking for 25 minutes. Cool before removing pan.

Serve with whipping cream.