"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 cakes of the United States are based around specific flavors, like the hummingbird cakes that mashes up Southern-favorite flavors banana, pecan, and pineapple. Stack cake on the other hand combines several unique features, mostly around how it is prepped."
"Coming out of the preservation culture of the region, stack cake uses a lot of simple pantry staples, and gets its flavor from a wet filling made from apples, spices, and molasses. Extending from the preservation angle, the apples must specifically be dried apple slices, not fresh. The most unusual aspect is the "cake" part of the recipe itself."
Tennessee stack cake, also called Tennessee Mountain Cake, originates in the Appalachian region and favors pantry staples and preservation techniques. The dessert consists of multiple thin, hard layers made from a dough rolled like a cookie and baked outside a pan, producing irregular discs. A wet filling made from reconstituted dried apples, sugar, spices, and sometimes molasses is spread between layers. After assembly the stack rests so the brittle layers soften and absorb the filling, yielding a tender, rustic apple cake. Variations exist in whether molasses is used in the filling or the dough.
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