Dried Apple Stack Cake

Ingredients

Cake:

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 cup molasses
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 egg
• 5 cups flour
• 2 tsp. soda in 1 Tbsp. vinegar
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• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ginger

Filling:

• 1 qt. (cooked) dried apples
• 4 Tbsp. cream

Directions

Cream sugar, shortening, molasses, then add egg and buttermilk, mix well. Stir in dry ingredients together with vinegar-soda mixture. Divide dough into 6 balls, press each ball of dough into well greased 8 inch cake pan. Bake in 350 degrees F oven 15 minutes or until slightly browned. Remove from pans while warm and set aside to cool.

Drain dried apples, and sweeten to taste. Mash apples and add cream to make a thin paste. Spread apple mixture between cake layers, leave top plain. Let stand at least 12 hours before serving.

By Robin from Washington, IA