Old Fashion Apple Stack Cake. Apple stack cake isn't a cake you make without a plan since it takes several hours of work before you even get to the assembling part. Here's your apple stack cake master plan. First, make the apple filling: Essentially you are making an applesauce from dried apples by simmering them with water and.
I found this old-fashion stack cake recipe in my local newspaper. I immediately thought of our stack cake queen, Bea Liles. I haven't made this yet but I hope someone will and give it a review. You can cook Old Fashion Apple Stack Cake using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Old Fashion Apple Stack Cake
- Prepare 1/2 cup of buttermilk.
- It's 1 tsp of baking soda.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
- Prepare 1 cup of shortening.
- It's 2 1/2 cup of sugar or molasses(can mix if desired).
- Prepare 2 of eggs.
- Prepare 2 tsp of vanilla.
- You need 1 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 4 of + cups flour.
- You need 1 lb of dried apples or 15 lbs fresh apples, sliced and peeled.
- Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
- Prepare 1 tsp of cinnamon.
- Prepare 1 tsp of nutmeg.
- You need 1 tsp of cloves.
- It's 2 cups of sugar.
This Apple Stack Cake Recipe is almost like an Applesauce Cake recipe. It's from an old-fashioned stack cake recipe that uses sorghum molasses in the batter and it's frosted with a spiced applesauce mixture. With SIX spicy cake layers (more like a gingerbread cookie) and homemade apple butter this cake is sure to be your families new favorite Fall cake. This old-fashioned apple cake is made w/ fresh apples, crunchy walnuts, & cream cheese frosting!
Old Fashion Apple Stack Cake instructions
- In a small bowl combine buttermilk, baking soda, and baking powder.
- Cream shortening and 2 1/2 cups sugar, then add eggs and vanilla, beat well.
- Mix two mixtures together and sift in together 4 cups flour and salt. Add extra flour as needed to be able to handle dough..
- Divide dough into 7 parts. Roll or pat each into a wax paper lined 9" baking pan for 10 minutes @425°F then let cool..
- (If using dried apples, let soak in water over night.) Bake apples in a large covered pan, a roaster pan works well, at 300°F stirring frequently until the apples are mushy and the liquids are held by the apples..
- Stir into apples the cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and 2 cups sugar..
- Spread hot apple mixture on each cake and stack. Let set for at least 24 hrs, preferably in refrigerator..
It's a tried & true family recipe that you're sure to love! Their family had an old-fashioned apple cake recipe that had been passed down for generations. It was their favorite cake recipe, and they all loved. NOTE: This is an adaptation of an old family recipe. My grandmother made her cake using lard for the shortening in the cookie-like portion and used her homemade Apple Butter for the filling.
