Apple Stack Cakes Using My Great Grandmother’s Recipe
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Apple stack cakes using my great grandmothers recipe
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup shortening
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 jar apple butter
- 1/2 jar applesauce
- Apple pie spice (to taste)
Instructions:
- Mix 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1 tsp. baking powder, and 1 tsp. baking soda, and set aside.
- Cream together 2 cups sugar and 1 cup shortening. Add 2 eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each addition.
- Add 1 tsp. vanilla and the buttermilk mixture, and mix until well blended.
- Mix 4 cups all-purpose flour and 1 tsp. salt. Using a large spoon, gradually add the flour mixture to the wet mixture.
- Divide the dough into 7 equal portions. Either pat evenly in a 9″ cast iron skillet and bake at 350-375°F until lightly browned (should look like a sugar cookie) or roll on a piece of parchment paper and cut with a scalloped-edge 9″ pie pan.
- Scrape excess dough from around the edge and bake on parchment paper. Depending on how thin you do your layers, you can get 9 layers.
- For the filling, mix 1 jar apple butter and 1/2 jar applesauce. Add apple pie spice to your taste, heat, and spread about 3 serving spoons between each layer as close to the edges as you can.
- The cake needs to sit for about 3 days before eating.
