Pineapple Cheese Torte - cooking recipe

Ingredients

CRUST
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup finely chopped almonds
1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup margarine, softened
FILLING
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2/3 cup pineapple juice
TOPPING
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, juice drained and reserved
1/2 cup whipping cream
strawberry

Preparation

CRUST:
Combine crust ingerdients and pat into bottom of a 12\" x 8\" x 2\" baking dish.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
FILLING:
Beat cream cheese in a mixing bowl until fluffy; beat in sugar and eggs.
Stir in 2/3 cup juice.
Pour filling over hot crust.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until center is set.
Cool.
TOPPING:
Combine flour and sugar in a saucepan.
Stir in 1 cup reserved pineapple juice.
Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
Boil and stir 1 minute.
Remove from heat, fold in pineapple.
Cool.
Whip cream until stiff peaks form.
Fold into topping.
Spread carefully over dessert.
Refrigerate 6 hours or overnight.
Garnish with strawberries.