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Old time Apple Stack Cake recipe shared by Nannie Bennett Mrs. Nannie Bennett writes to share the recipe for old time Apple Stack Cake. Now in her 90s, Nannie can still remember just how delicious this cake tasted. She tells us that it was often served in their home when she was a child. "Knowing how quickly I forget things anymore, I'm writing my memories of dried apple and sorgum stack cake. In my childhood you did not have to go to the Appalachians to find this recipe being used. My mother made stack cake often since my daddy always grew sugar cane and made sorgum molasses for himself and the neighbors, too. I still remember during World War I when sugar was rationed, and at Christmas time it was told around that a barrel of sugar would be at the Knob Lick store on a certain day in the afternoon, and each family could buy 25 cents worth. Knob Lick (in northern Metcalfe County) was running over with people that afternoon! Momma sent my sister Fannie and me after our familys 25 cents worth, but back then the only way store owners got their goods from town was by wagon and team so it was after sundown before the barrel of sugar ever reached Knob Lick. Fannie said, Nannie, we have got to go! We were close to a mile from our home and afraid of the dark. We met the wagon hauling the sugar before we got far down the road towards home, but the driver said to us, You kids go on home. They wont open this barrel before morning. But they did open it, and sold it all that night! So sorgum and dried apple cake was all the cake we had that Christmas. Momma used nutmeg for flavoring and made six or seven layers, cooking each layer in her hoecake baker. They were rolled out thin like sweet cakes or cookies and cut out the size of an eight inch plate. Well, I hope this makes sense to all the younger folks. In those days sugar, coffee, soda and salt came in barrels or kegs and was always measured out for customers into paper sacks." ~ ~ ~ Thanks to Nannie, those who might like to try this recipe from the Appalachians which dates back for a century or more ago, here it is! Old Time Apple Stack Cake Recipe Take 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon of soda, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of ginger, 1 egg, a pinch of salt, 1 cup of sorghum, 1 half cup of lard, and enough buttermilk to make a soft dough. Mix or knead all these ingredients until the dough is stiff, roll out thin on a biscuit board, and cut into discs with a pie pan. Make four layers and bake at 450 degrees for about 15 minutes. Take the layers out of oven and allow to cool. Arrange them together in a stack, liberally spreading between the layers dried apples that have been thoroughly cooked, sweetened and flavored with a sprinkle or two of ground cinnamon or nutmeg. ~ ~ ~Nevyle Shackelford, of UK College of Agriculture once wrote of the goodness of dried apple stack cake that, This stack can be erected on a plate or cake stand and, when finished, place a cake knife beside it and get out of the way! In earlier times this cake was generally eaten without any garnishment, but its goodness is considerably enhanced by a dollop of whipped cream and a cup of hot, home-brewed coffee. This story was posted on 2003-12-25 18:44:00
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