Appalachian Apple Stack Cake
This Appalachian Apple Stack Cake is an old fashioned recipe that your family will love. It's a layer cake with apple butter or dried apples between the layers.
Servings: 14 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup shortening I used crisco
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 cup molasses I used sorghum, can use any kind
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3 eggs
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 2 to 2 1/2 cups apple butter
- Powdered sugar for sprinkling on top.
Instructions
- Combine shortening, sugar, molasses, buttermilk and eggs in a bowl. Mix with mixer. Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice in another bowl. Combine the wet and dry ingredients and mix.
- I used 10 inch round cake pans (you could use 8 or 9 inch). Spray your pans with cooking spray each time. Spread a layer of batter in your pans. I used a regular kitchen knife and spread it like you are spreading frosting. Spread the batter about an inch thick. You can spread thicker if you want thicker layers.
- Bake layers in a preheated 400 degree oven 12 to 15 minutes until centers test done. Let each layer cool on a plate. Next cover each layer with apple butter as you stack them. This makes about 5 layers. If you want more layers double the recipe. You can sprinkle powdered sugar on top of cake.
Notes
I doubled the recipe for the cake in the photos. I had about 3 extra layers and made a small cake for my son-in-law who loves apples. You could use applesauce or dried apples instead of apple butter.