This old school apple stack cake is a traditional for a cause. Many individuals make it in the course of the vacation season. We make it with apple butter, but it surely’s additionally been recognized to be made with dried apples.
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❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE
This apple stack cake is somewhat time-consuming, but it surely’s a beautiful cake. The toughest half is making the layers, they usually don’t should be excellent! This may be an excellent cake so as to add to your vacation and to get pleasure from making with household. I do know a household that makes it yearly, and it’s a convention they’ve handed down via the generations.
HISTORY OF THE APPALACHIAN APPLE STACK CAKE
Appalachian folklore says this cake was a celebration cake, typically for weddings. It was initially made with lard, however finally, with the creation of shortening, that modified and in addition made the shelf-life for much longer. Many individuals make this cake with dried apples, but it surely has additionally been made with apple butter. We selected to make use of apple butter because it appears to be what most individuals have readily available or can discover on the grocery retailer.
🍽️HOW TO MAKE
Making the layers for this cake takes the longest, as does deciding on what number of layers you intend to make. We made 7 layers for this cake, and it was superb. This cake must relaxation and might be made just a few days upfront. The longer the apple butter can soak into the layers, the higher this cake can be.
We doubled our recipe to make this cake. The unique recipe makes a 5-layer cake, however we doubled it to make a 7-layer cake after which made a separate cake of three layers.
Printable recipe in recipe card beneath.
⭐TIP
It is a cake that wants time to relaxation so you’ll positively need to make it upfront. It’s excellent for the vacation season as a result of it will get higher with time. Make this one 3 days earlier than and you should have dessert out of the way in which.
OTHER OLD FASHIONED DESSERTS
STORING & SERVING SIZE
We retailer this in an hermetic container and it makes about 14 servings. It’s gonna depend upon how you chop the cake.
Appalachian Apple Stack Cake
This Appalachian Apple Stack Cake is an quaint recipe that your loved ones will love. It is a layer cake with apple butter or dried apples between the layers.
- 1 cup shortening I used crisco
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 cup molasses I used sorghum, can use any form
- 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 prime.
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Mix shortening, sugar, molasses, buttermilk and eggs in a bowl. Combine with mixer. Whisk collectively flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice in one other bowl. Mix the moist and dry elements and blend.
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I used 10 inch spherical cake pans (you could possibly use 8 or 9 inch). Spray your pans with cooking spray every time. Unfold a layer of batter in your pans. I used a daily kitchen knife and unfold it like you’re spreading frosting. Unfold the batter about an inch thick. You’ll be able to unfold thicker if you’d like thicker layers.
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Bake layers in a preheated 400 diploma oven 12 to fifteen minutes till facilities take a look at accomplished. Let every layer cool on a plate. Subsequent cowl every layer with apple butter as you stack them. This makes about 5 layers. If you need extra layers double the recipe. You’ll be able to sprinkle powdered sugar on prime of cake.
I doubled the recipe for the cake within the pictures. I had about 3 additional layers and made a small cake for my son-in-law who loves apples. You possibly can use applesauce or dried apples as an alternative of apple butter.
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