Emily's Cooking Blog

1st layer

½ cup margarine

⅓ cup white sugar

½ tsp. vanilla

1 cup flour

Cream together margarine, sugar and vanilla. Then mix in flour. Spread on bottom of 8X8” pan.

2nd layer

8 oz. cream cheese

½ cup white sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

Cream together cream cheese, white sugar, and vanilla. Spread evenly over 1st layer.

3rd layer

4 – 5 apples

⅓ cup white sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon

½ cup sliced almonds

Peel and core apples, slice thinly. Place sliced apples in a medium sized bowl. In a small bowl mix together sugar and cinnamon. Add cinnamon mixture to the apples and mix together. Put apples on cheese layer, sprinkle ¼ cup of sliced almonds over top. Bake at 450ºF for 10 min. Turn oven down to 400ºF for 25 minutes.

Source: Ms. Mann

Last week my class made bavarian apple torte. This was an exciting lab and it involved many complicated steps. Something that went well was our planning. We planned out who was doing which layer ahead of time and this made it so there was no confusion and everything was done in time. One thing that did not go well was making the third layer. Most of the apples got cut way to thick so they had to be sliced thinner which took extra time, then the recipe instructions were not read properly and the almonds were added to the cinnamon and sugar mixture. In order to fix this mistake we used a strainer to separate the sliced almonds form the mixture. This took extra time and lengthened the time it took for it to go into the oven. The thing I learned in class that was very useful in making this recipe was to make sure the first layer was completed quickly so the other layers could be started and omce you are finished your layer, it is good to help your other group members so that everything flows quicker. This lab went really well, I enjoyed making it and cannot wait for the next one.