Layered Almond Cream Cheese Bread Pudding with Amaretto Cream Sauce

Name: Layered Almond Cream Cheese Bread Pudding with Amaretto Cream Sauce
Ingredients: Vegetable cooking spray; 1 (16-ounce) loaf honey white bread, sliced and divided; 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened; 9 large eggs, divided; 1/4 cup sugar, plus 2 tablespoons sugar; 3 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided; 11/4 cups almond filling, plus 2 tablespoons almond filling; 1 cup butter, melted and divided; 2 1/2 cups half-and-half; Dash salt; 1 egg yolk; 1/4 cup slivered almonds; Amaretto Cream Sauce, recipe follows; 1/2 cup amaretto liqueur; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 1 1/2 cups whipping cream; 1/2 cup sugar