Dried apple stack cake recipe

Granny Howard's Apple Stack Cake: A Generational Delight Worth Sharing In the world of cherished family recipes, few things hold as much...

Learn how to make an apple stack cake recipe with variations using dried and fresh apples; one I first made, Kentucky stack, Indian stack cake, black walnut and stacking cake.

I love the history behind this cake. I had never heard of a "Stack Cake". Here is a little history behind the "Stack Cake". Because cakes were so expensive back in the days of old. Whenever there was a gathering like a barn dance. Families would each prepare a layer of this special ginger and molasses cake to donate to the shindig. It is said that the number of layers in a cake was a measure of the popularity of the hosting family. Sometimes there would be as many as twelve layers!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 6 (9-inch) cake pans with nonstick cooking spray. Line bottoms of pans with parchment paper, and spray parchment paper with cooking spray....

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 6 (9-inch) cake pans with nonstick cooking spray. Line bottoms of pans with parchment paper, and spray parchment paper with cooking spray....

Lots of thin cake layers with a sweet apple filling in between make this decadent, autumn-inspired Apple Stack Cake irresistible.

Granny Howard's Apple Stack Cake: A Generational Delight Worth Sharing In the world of cherished family recipes, few things hold as much...

A traditional 7-layer Appalachian cake. Sweet and spicy layers of a cookie-dough like cake are layered with a dried apple butter filling. It requires sitting overnight for 24 hours to fully absorb the moisture into the layers.

Lord Honey!!!! When talking about southern staple desserts an apple stack cake is always the first on the list. We have so, so many southern fave desserts, but you just can't go wrong with a stack cake. Most southerners can remember there great grandmothers, grandmothers and moms making them, from family get togethers to the Holidays. It truly is a must on every southerners table. An apple stack cake is super moist, tender cake/biscuit, warm spices and those always juicy sweet apples. So…