Mountain Molasses Stack Cake |
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Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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A dense, rich and memorable cake: Joan Aller's recipe from her new book: Cider Beans, Wild Green and Dandelion Jelly, all about Southern Applacian cooking recipes source Newspaper Ingredients:
cake |
1/2 cup packed brown sugar |
1 stick unsalted butter |
1 large egg |
1/2 cup molasses |
1/2 cup buttermilk |
1 tsp vanilla |
1/4 tsp nutmeg |
2 cups flour |
1 tbs baking powder |
1/4 tsp baking soda |
1/2 tsp salt |
filling |
2 cups finely chopped apples |
1/2 cup water |
1 cup packed brown sugar |
1 tsp cinnamon |
Directions:
1. Cake:
2. Cream sugar and butter till light
3. Slowly blend in egg and molasses
4. Beat in buttermilk, vanilla and nutmeg
5. Sift dry ingrdients and slowly add to ccreamed mixture until well blended
6. Grease and flour 2, 8 inch round cake pans
7. Divide batter in pans
8. Bake in a preheated 350F oven until tested done about 20 mins
9. Cool cake in pans on a rack
10. Meanwhile make filling:
11. Cook apples in the water till tender
12. Stir in the brown sugar and bring to a boil and cook and stir until
13. mixture thickens and is syrupy
14. Place one of the cake layers on a serving plate
15. Spoon on half the filling evenly on the cake
16. Place the 2nd layer over filling and top the layer with remaining filling
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