2 cups sugar
1 cup buttermilk
3/4 pound solid shortening
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
8 cups flour
2 quarts cold homemade applesauce
Mix all the ingredients except the flour and applesauce, by hand. Add the flour a small amount at a time, the dough has to be stiff.
Pinch the dough into 16 balls of the same size. There are 8 layers to a cake. Take cake layer pans and turn them upside down, greasing lightly. Roll out or press with hands each layer to the size of a cake pan, and put on top of the upside down pan. Bake at 450 degrees, 8-12 minutes until brown. Three cake pans in the oven at a time can be baked. While hot, stack each layer and spread with applesauce. Sprinkle the top layer with powdered sugar. Store in the refrigerator overnight for enhanced flavor. Makes 2 cakes, but this recipe can easily be halved for just one cake.
Martha
Pinch the dough into 16 balls of the same size. There are 8 layers to a cake. Take cake layer pans and turn them upside down, greasing lightly. Roll out or press with hands each layer to the size of a cake pan, and put on top of the upside down pan. Bake at 450 degrees, 8-12 minutes until brown. Three cake pans in the oven at a time can be baked. While hot, stack each layer and spread with applesauce. Sprinkle the top layer with powdered sugar. Store in the refrigerator overnight for enhanced flavor. Makes 2 cakes, but this recipe can easily be halved for just one cake.
Martha
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