Holiday Spiced Apple cake

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Now coming to this apple cake, this is simple and straight flavors, mild sweet making it perfect coffee or tea time cake. I didn't wanted it to be rich , but you can add chopped nuts or dry fruits , if you prefer.

I have used white wheat flour , as I like to avoid all purpose flour/ maida. It's totally your choice. You can chose a combination of whole wheat flour and APF combination too.

Ingredients

White Wheat Flour ...................................... 2 cups
Dark Brownsugar .......................................1 cup
Butter ....................................................... 1 stick / 1/2 cup room temperature
Milk .........................................................1/4 cup
Egg........................................................... 2 large
vanilla Exgtract ........................................ 2 tsp
Salt ....................................................... a pinch
Baking Powder ...................................... 1 tsp
Baking Powder ...................................... 1 tsp
Ground Cinnamon ................................... 1.5 tsp
Nutmeg ................................................... 2 pinches, finely grated
Cardamom ...............................................1
Cloves ....................................................2
Apples ..................................................1 cup grated
Apples ................................................ thinly sliced for garnish

Method

Grease a bundt pan with butter and set aside.
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
In a spice grinder , grind cloves, cardamom  with nutmeg and cinnamon.
In a medium bowl , sift together the flour, spices, salt , baking powder, baking soda.
In a large bowl, whisk together butter and eggs one at a time.
Add in the sugar and beat well along with milk. Finally throw in the grated apples and stir well.
Now mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in batches.
Try not to over do the mixture.
Transfer to the prepared pan and place it in the top rack.
Cook for about 25 minutes or until the tooth pick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Cool the cake and move it to the serving platter.
Arrange the thinly sliced apples and dust with a bit of spices to garnish.