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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s a surprisingly easy and beautiful way to change up your cheese routine.