Tennessee Mountain Apple Stack Cake

An Appalachian apple stack cake, built layer by layer. Tennessee green apples from orchards a few miles from the Smoky Mountains are hand peeled, sliced, cooked with traditional mountain spices, and spread between numerous layers of moist cake The Village Bakery has baked it in Knoxville since 1979 from an old family recipe, honoring a tradition where wedding guests each brought a layer and a bride’s popularity showed in the height of her cake. Perfect for a Sunday supper, a family reunion, or anyone with Appalachian roots.