A stack cake is a unique regional variation that replaces a wedding cake, which can be prohibitively expensive in the economically deprived area of Appalachia, United States. Friends and family each bring a layer for the cake, and the bride's family spreads apple preserves, dried apples, or apple butter between each layer. A stack cake looks like a stack of thick pancakes. It is thought to have originated in the Beaumont Inn of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, by the original settler James Harrod. The greater the number of layers, the more popular the couple is considered.
Appalachian Stack Cake: a taste from America's mountain south
Bake up a taste from America's mountain south. Appalachian Stack Cake marries thin, sorghum-sweetened layers with a fragrant filling of dried apples.
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