Old Fashioned Stack Cake

Old recipe from our Mom's and Grandmothers.

• Ready In: 1 hr 12 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 2  cups sugar
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 6  cups flour
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
• 2  eggs
• 1⁄2 cup molasses
• 3  teaspoons baking powder
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  cup butter

Directions

1. Cream sugar and butter together; add eggs, 1 at a time,beating well after each addition.
2. Sift flour, measure with dry ingredients.
3. Add dry ingredients alternately to batter with butter, milk, and vanilla.
4. Work dough like biscuit dough.
5. Divide into 6 or 7 parts.
6. Pat into cake pans and bake 10 to 12 minutes in 375 degree oven.
7. Stack and add dried cooked apples between layers.
8. Thanksgiving and Christmas cake.