Tennessee Stack Cake

Name: Tennessee Stack Cake
Yield: Serves 10 to 12
Cuisine: American, Southern
Ingredients: 3 (6-ounce; 170-gram) bags, dried apples; 1 cup packed (7 ounces/198 grams), light brown sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons, ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoons, ground cloves; 1/2 teaspoon, ground allspice; 6 cups (30 ounces/851 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon, baking powder; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/4 teaspoon, Salt; 1/2 cup, buttermilk; 2 , large eggs; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 2 cups (14 ounces/397 grams), granulated sugar; , Confectioners' sugar for dusting

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Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2007

Tennessee Stack Cake looks impressive, but the roots of this regional recipe are really quite humble.

SERVES 10 to 12

TIME 2¼ hours, plus 1 hour cooling and 24 hours softening

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