Streuselkuchen

Dough:

Mix together well:

2/3 cup ricotta cheese or quark

5 tablespoons milk

6 tablespoons vegetable oil

1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar

pinch of salt

½ teaspoon vanilla or 1 package vanilla sugar

1 cup sugar

Add:

1 1/3 cup additional flour mixed with

1 tablespoon baking powder

Mix dough well with hands and pat it out into a jelly roll pan sprayed liberally with PAM, mounding up the edges somewhat (so it holds the filling).

Filling:

Spread on top of the dough 2 cans any fruit pie filling (cherry, apple, peach, blueberry, etc.) or poppy seed filling.

Streusel:

Mix together till crumbly:

¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon butter

2 cups flour

½ cup blanched (without the skins), ground almonds (grind them in a coffee grinder or food processor).

1 ¼ cups plus 1 tablespoon sugar

pinch of salt

½ teaspoon cinnamon

Sprinkle top of the cake with Streusel. Bake at 350’ F for about 45 minutes. You may need to cover the cake with foil halfway through baking time to prevent it from burning. After 45 minutes are up, turn off the heat and leave it in the oven 10 minutes longer to finish baking.