DRIED APPLE STACK CAKE Using a basic sugar cookie recipe, bake the cookies in an 8-inch cake pan. These large cookies will be used to stack. COOKIE RECIPE: 1 c. butter or shortening 2 c. sugar (1 brown, 1 white) 4 eggs 3/4 c. milk 3 1/4 c. plain flour 2 tsp. Clabber Girl baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla May use self-rising, but do not add baking powder and salt if you do. Cream butter or shortening. Add sugar; mix; add beaten eggs and milk. Mix thoroughly. Mix flour, baking powder and salt in another bowl. Add flour mixture to wet mix. Blend completely. Place the mixture on a wooden dough board, add flour. Knead until it can be cut to fit into 8 or 9-inch cake tin. I place tin on dough and use a sharp knife to cut around the bottom of the tin. Spray cake pan with Pam or some baking aid. Place large "cookie" in tin, bake at 350 degrees until brown. Set cookies aside to cool as they are taken from the oven. You should have at least 12. CAKE FILLING: Cook dried apples with the following ingredients: 1 tsp. powdered cloves 1 tbsp. vanilla 1 1/2 c. sugar Sm. dash of ginger 3 lbs. dried apples Water to cook (approximately 3 c.) May add more water as apples cook, if needed. As apples are cooking, taste; add spices and/or sugar as needed. Each apple batch is unique. Cook until apples mash just like potatoes. Dried apples are sour apples that have been dried in the sun. Peel apple. Cut into slices. Discard core and seeds. Place apples on waxed paper or freezer paper. Place in the sun until each apple slice is completely dried. I use the back window of the car. It takes about 2 days of the hot Florida sun (car smells great, too). One bushel of fresh apples will yield approximately 1/4 bushel dried. To complete cake, stack the layers using the dried apple filling between each layer. Don't be stingy; spread the apples on thick! When the cake is stacked, wrap in cheesecloth. Place in a safe, dry place for 24 hours. The more it mellows, the more delicious it is. email this recipe to: --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at:
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