Berry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

This beautiful cake looks just like a gourmet pastry chef made it! It tastes yummy too, of course.

Heat oven to 350 degrees.

Grease and flour bottom and sides of 9 or 10 inch springform pan.

Combine flour and 3 / 4 cup sugar.

Add the butter to the sugar-flour mixture and cut with pastry blender or fork until it resembles coarse crumbs.

Reserve 1 cup of crumb mixture.

To remaining mixture , add baking powder , soda , salt , sour cream , one egg and almond extract.

Blend well.

Spread batter over bottom and up sides of pan 2 inches.

Combine cream cheese , 1 / 4 cup sugar and 1 egg.

Blend well.

Pour over batter in pan.

Carefully spread preserves over all.

Combine reserved crumbs and sliced almonds.

Sprinkle over top.

Bake 55 minutes or until filling is set.

Cool 15 minutes.

Remove sides of pan.

Serve warm or cool.

Refrigerate leftovers.

flour, sugar, margarine, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sour cream, egg, almond extract, cream cheese, raspberry preserves, sliced almonds