Old-Fashioned Stack Cake with Appalachian Apple Butter Filling

Serves: 8-10 or 1 – 6 stack – 9″ cake | Prep: 30 Min | Cook: 10 Min

Simple, amazing, and very delicious! This recipe will make it to your top 5 of go-to-comfort food! The taste of this treat will make you want to eat the whole thing! The fresh Apple flavor is so good! Give it a try and enjoy!

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup vegetable shortening

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup buttermilk

1/3 cup molasses

1 large egg, slightly beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon salt

pinch of nutmeg

powdered sugar for dusting

FOR THE APPALACHIAN APPLE BUTTER FILLING:

4 cups roughly chopped dried apples

3/4 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed

1 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground

6 cups apple cider (not juice)

How to Make Old-Fashioned Stack Cake with Appalachian Apple Butter Filling

Step 1: Ready the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.

Step 2: Apply cooking spray on 9-inch cake pans then line with parchment paper then layer it with another spray of cooking spray.

Step 3: Add in sugar and shortening in a medium mixing bowl and beat at medium speed until well blended and creamy.

Step 4: Add molasses, egg, buttermilk, and vanilla then beat again until well mixed.

Step 5: In another bowl, add ginger, baking soda, salt, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Create a hole in the middle then add in the shortening mixture. Stir until well mixed.

Step 6: Flour the surface and form the dough then cut into six slices.

Step 7: Add in the sliced doughs into each of the prepared pans then pat the dough using your fingers.

Step 8: Place inside the preheated oven and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the color turns golden brown.

Step 9: Remove from the oven and let them sit on a wire rack.

To Make The Filling:

Step 1: Place a large saucepan on the stove and turn the heat to medium.

Step 2: Add in all the dry ingredients and the dried fruit right away.

Step 3: Add enough water to submerge all the dry ingredients then bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 45 minutes.

Step 4: Turn off the heat and remove the saucepan.

Step 5: Allow the filling to cool in the saucepan for 10 minutes.

Step 6: Transfer into a food processor and process until the texture becomes smooth.

Step 7: Place one cake layer on a serving plate then pour and spread the filling on top.

Step 8: Repeat this process to the rest of the cake layers.

Step 9: Cover then place inside the fridge for at least 24 hours.

Step 10: Sprinkle confectioners’ sugar on top and serve. Enjoy!

Old-Fashioned Stack Cake with Appalachian Apple Butter Filling

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Serves: 8-10 Prep Time: 30 mins Cooking Time: 10 mins 10 mins

Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

• FOR THE CAKE INGREDIENTS:
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/3 cup molasses
• 1 large egg, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• pinch of nutmeg
• powdered sugar for dusting
• FOR THE APPALACHIAN APPLE BUTTER FILLING:
• 4 cups roughly chopped dried apples
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
• 6 cups apple cider (not juice)

Instructions

Step 1: Ready the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.

Step 2: Apply cooking spray on 9-inch cake pans then line with parchment paper then layer it with another spray of cooking spray.

Step 3: Add in sugar and shortening in a medium mixing bowl and beat at medium speed until well blended and creamy.

Step 4: Add molasses, egg, buttermilk, and vanilla then beat again until well mixed.

Step 5: In another bowl, add ginger, baking soda, salt, flour, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Create a hole in the middle then add in the shortening mixture. Stir until well mixed.

Step 6: Flour the surface and form the dough then cut into six slices.

Step 7: Add in the sliced doughs into each of the prepared pans then pat the dough using your fingers.

Step 8: Place inside the preheated oven and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until the color turns golden brown.

Step 9: Remove from the oven and let them sit on a wire rack.

To Make The Filling:

Step 1: Place a large saucepan on the stove and turn the heat to medium.

Step 2: Add in all the dry ingredients and the dried fruit right away.

Step 3: Add enough water to submerge all the dry ingredients then bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 45 minutes.

Step 4: Turn off the heat and remove the saucepan.

Step 5: Allow the filling to cool in the saucepan for 10 minutes.

Step 6: Transfer into a food processor and process until the texture becomes smooth.

Step 7: Place one cake layer on a serving plate then pour and spread the filling on top.

Step 8: Repeat this process to the rest of the cake layers.

Step 9: Cover then place inside the fridge for at least 24 hours.

Step 10: Sprinkle confectioners' sugar on top and serve. Enjoy!