Preheat an oven to 350°F. You will need to make 6 cake layers, each of which will be divided in half. This is easiest to do if you have 6 (10-inch) spring form pans. Cut 6 circles of parchment paper ...

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 ...

— This dense, rich cake from Joan Aller’s forthcoming cookbook, “Cider Beans, Wild Greens and Dandelion Jelly” (a collection of recipes from southern Appalachia due out in June), is remarkably easy to ...

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 ...

An Easter meal needs a splendid, splashy ending to make your 2025 celebrations memorable. Stahl Chef Neha Deepak Shah shows you how to create a pancake stack cake drenched in rich, creamy layers of ...

This old-fashioned stack cake with Appalachian apple butter filling is from a Paula Deen recipe. (Autumn Cruz/Sacramento Bee/MCT) Yield: 8 servings All-American fruit offers a crisp, sweet edge in ...