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Nutrients per serving

  • Calories  332
  • Protein  4 g
  • Carbohydrates  34 g
  • Fat  20 g
  • Cholesterol  72 mg
  • Sodium  150 mg
  • Potassium  130 mg
  • Phosphorus  71 mg
  • Calcium  42 mg
  • Fiber  1.6 g

Bavarian Apple Torte

Diet types:

  • CKD non-dialysis
  • Dialysis
  • Diabetes


Recipe submitted by DaVita renal dietitian Gertrude from Colorado.

Portions: 10     Serving size: 1 slice

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • 1/3 cup sugar + 1/4 cup sugar + 1/3 cup sugar  (divided use)
  • 3/4 teaspoon vanilla (divided use)
  • 1 cup all-purpose white flour
  • 8-ounce package of cream cheese, softened
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 4 cups peeled apples, sliced
  • 1/4 cup slivered almonds

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 450° F.
  2. Cream together butter, 1/3-cup sugar and 1/4-teaspoon vanilla.
  3. Fold in flour to make a dough.
  4. Spread dough on bottom and sides of a 9” spring form pan.
  5. In a medium bowl combine softened cream cheese and 1/4-cup sugar; mix well.
  6. Add egg and 1/2-teaspoon vanilla; mix until blended.
  7. Pour mixture into pastry-lined pan.
  8. Combine 1/3-cup sugar and cinnamon, toss with apples until all are coated.
  9. Spoon apple mixture over cream cheese layer.
  10. Sprinkle with almonds.
  11. Bake at for 10 minutes.
  12. Reduce heat to 400° F and continue baking for 25 minutes. Cool.

Renal and renal diabetic food choices

  • 1 starch
  • 1 fruit, low potassium
  • 4 fat

Carbohydrate choices

2

Helpful hints

  • You can substitute fresh cranberries for slivered almonds on top of torte to reduce phosphorus to 53 mg per serving.
  • For a lower carbohydrate version diabetics can substitute Splenda® granular instead of sugar; carbohydrate is reduced to 19 grams, calories 266.
 

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