Apple cake

Ingredients

• butter, 3 sticks, softened
• sugar, 1 cup
• brown sugar, 3/4 cup
• ground cinnamon, 3 teaspoons
• ground cloves, 1/2 teaspoon
• baking soda, 3 teaspoons
• applesauce, 1 1/8 cups
• sour cream, 1/2 cup
• 5 eggs
• whole wheat flour, 2 1/4 cups
• flour, 1 1/8 cups
• salt, 1 pinch
• 3-4 small, tart apples, peeled & cored

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Preparation

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F; liberally grease a Bundt pan. Set aside. Cream butter, sugar and brown sugar. Add eggs, applesauce and sour cream; beat until thick and smooth.
• Sift together cinnamon, cloves, baking soda, whole wheat flour, flour and salt. Gradually incorporate dry ingredients into wet mixture; set aside. Slice apples paper thin. The rounds should remain intact, but be flimsy, too.
• Transfer 1 cup of cake batter into Bundt pan; smooth with a spatula, and arrange apple slices in a thin layer, as shown.
• Repeat until batter is completely used, bearing in mind that the last layer should be of batter, not apples. Bake for 55-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Mine was particularly moist and began to ooze halfway through baking, but don't fret if this happens to yours!