Apple Stack Cake Recipe
Similar recipes: Apple Recipes, Dessert
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INGREDIENTS
2 2/3 c. flour
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. salt
1 c. dark brown sugar
1/3 c. dark molasses
1/3 c. butter
2 eggs, well beaten
DIRECTIONS
Cream butter until it is light and fluffy, and add brown sugar and molasses and continue creaming until mixture is fluffy. Add eggs. Combine flour, soda, baking powder, ginger and salt and sift into creamed mixture. This should be a soft dough and a few tablespoons of buttermilk may be added if dough is too stiff. Divide dough into 6 equal parts. Draw a 9 inch circle on a sheet of aluminum foil. Lightly flour foil and roll dough to fit circle. Bake on foil in oven at 350 degrees for 12 minutes. Cool layers and stack layers with Dried Apple Filling. Dust top layer with confectioners’ sugar. Makes 8-10 servings.
DRIED APPLE FILLING (for Stack Cake) :
1 lb. dried apples
1 c. dark brown sugar
1 c. granulated sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. allspice
Add 2 cups of water to apples. Simmer in covered saucepan until apples are soft. Mash apples. While apples are still hot, blend in remaining ingredients. Spread filling between layers over the sides of cake.



