Cherry Almond Coffee Cake

Ingredients

cake:
1 3/4 cup flour (I used whole wheat and it worked!)
1/2 cup plus 1 T sugar
1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
1/2 cup cold butter
1 egg
3/4 c sour cream
1 t almond extract

topping:
1/3 c flour
2 T sugar
2 T cold butter
1/3 cup sliced almonds

filling:
1 package (8oz) cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 t vanilla extract
3/4 c cherry preserves, warmed

Directions:

For the cake, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Cut in butter until mixtures is like coarse crumbs. Beat egg, sour cream and extract until smooth. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. My batter was too thick, I think because of the whole wheat flour, so I added water.
For topping, combine flour and sugar, cut in butter until crumbly. Stir in almonds and set aside.
For filling, beat cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth.
Pour half of the cake mixture into a greased 5 x 9 pan. Pour cream cheese filling over it, then the preserves and swirl. Cover with remaining batter then sprinkle with the topping. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Delish! This was a hit with the hubbs, the Christmas party and me!