Appalachian desserts

My mom loved to bake this sky-high apple stack cake. Layer the apple goodness two days before serving. Later, a dusting of confectioners' sugar is the only topping you'll need. —LeVa Clement, Jackson, Missouri

Appalachian Apple Stack Cake Recipe is an Apple Cake or Applesauce Cake that uses applesauce as frosting for this Old Fashioned Fresh Apple Cake Recipe

Moonshine has an air of anti-hero, outlaw romance to it- like pirates and their rum, moonshiners and their corn whiskey are the stuff of law-bucking adventure tales. Once brewed in deep-woods still…

This Fried Apples Recipe is tart, sweet and has just the right amount of spice to make them a favorite side or dessert!

The South is famous for it's pies, and the roster is long and honorable. But perhaps none inspires more nostalgia than a fried apple pie; those handheld half-moons of tender pastry encasing a delicately spiced dried apple or dried peach filling. Although the name implies it, most homemade fried pies are not deep-fried, but rather they're cooked in a cast-iron skillet until they are golden brown. Fried pies have long been popular in the Mountain South, where hearthside baking in a trusty iron…

Appalachian Stack Cakes are deeply rooted in our (Appalachian) heritage. Every grandmother has their own version of what this cake consists of and how it is made. From stove top frying the almost cookie like layers to soft fluffy layers baked in the oven. The threads that run true in each recipe are apples and apple butter as well as plenty of warm and comforting spices! I am starting work on what “my” Appalachian stack cake consists of. I promise when I finish this recipe and finally get to…

In the Fall 2017 issue of Sift magazine you'll find stories and recipes from the traditions of Appalachian cooking, handed down in the families of the Mountain South. Appalachian Stack Cake is a perfect example of a celebration cake unique to mountain baking.