You can’t celebrate the bounty of Appalachia this holiday season without an Apple Stack Cake, a five (or sometimes seven) layer cake soaked in delicious apple butter. The dessert has arguably been a cornerstone of the holidays since the 1860s when apples began to be grown and harvested across the region. With so many layers of fresh apple butter and the crispness of raw apples used throughout, this dessert promises to be the season’s most moist and sweet cake.
A little folklore:
Author Sidney Saylor Farr proposed that the Appalachian Apple Stack Cake was a budget-friendly alternative to more costly and often inaccessible layered wedding cakes. According to Appalachian legend, women would each donate a layer of cake to the bride-to-be for their celebration.
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