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 ...

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

If you're hoping to make your homemade cake look bakery-worthy, stacking it into layers is a great idea. Just keep this in ...

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 ...

I'll be honest, the strangest thing about this Giant Stack of Waffles Cake is the fact that we've haven't done them sooner! You guys have been requesting this cake for AGES, but with the recent ...

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 ...

Stephanie Rose, one of the owners of Classic Cakes in Salisbury, shows Sean and Lisa how to assemble the many layers of a Smith Island Cake. Stephanie says it only takes her about 3-5 minutes to make ...

Apple stack cake is a traditional Southern Appalachian food whose purpose has changed over the years. “The story goes that the cakes were served as wedding cakes,” said Norma Idom, a volunteer ...

Whether it is a towering wedding cake or a smaller but elaborately decorated Lambeth-style confection, a tiered cake is almost always a crowd-pleaser. But how are you supposed to get such a thing to ...