Making Apple Stack Cake has been a holiday tradition for my family and for many other mountain people for generations, and is ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The door to the log cabin kept opening and closing. Ashley English walked in first. Her 2-year-old toddler was a mad man, said the harried mother of two, shutting the door behind her ...

Both the folklore and history behind Appalachian stack cakes have always been a little romantic to me. The traditional dessert looks like a sky-high pile of thick pancakes spread with even thicker ...

“There have been several books published (about Appalachia history) that tell how each guest would bring a cake layer and the hostess would stack the cakes up using dried apples as the filling. The ...

One of the best things about any big country is all the regional recipes that provide unique windows into the local culture, and Tennessee stack cake is a classic example. Some of the unique regional ...

A traditional Appalachian treat that arrived by way of Germany, recipes for stack cakes — a tower of thin biscuit-like dough layered with fruit filling — are hard to find in modern cookbooks. You ...

Cook time: Depends on how big you want your stack. This recipe makes one 9-inch cake with six stacks. Three stacks were baked simultaneously for 10 to 12 minutes The filling (recipe below) takes about ...