You won’t find it in many modern gourmet cookbooks, but you might run across it in a southeastern Kentucky grandmother’s recipe collection. Stack cakes, a treat found in certain parts of Kentucky and ...

Note: In Southern Appalachia, the number of cake layers — in this case six — is considered a measure of the host’s popularity. 1/2 cup all-vegetable shortening 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup buttermilk 1/3 cup ...

The following excerpt is taken from The Southerner’s Cookbook: Recipes, Wisdom, and Stories by David DiBenedetto and the editors of Garden & Gun. The new cookbook, which goes on sale October 27, is by ...

Now that Thanksgiving has passed, it's time to set aside any caloric anxiety, don the stretchy pants, and begin planning for the Christmas meal. Here's a hint. Apple Stack Cake should be on the menu.

Donna Harmon from Greentown, Ind. was looking for the recipe for making what she called an apple stack cake. She said her grandmother used to make it when she was growing up, but Harmon never watched ...