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East Tennessee tradition: Apple Stack Cake
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Apple stack cake is a holiday tradition for many families in Appalachia.
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It involves drying apples out, then cooking them down into a thick, jammy mixture.
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Natalie Sweet, from LMU's Lincoln Museum, says the secret to her granny's stack cake is White Lily Flour, which used to be made in Knoxville.
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White Lily even prints an apple cake recipe on the back of its bag.
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Next, you add spices to the flour and mix it up.
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Sweet says her grandmother taught her early on how to make the cake. Now, she makes it wearing her grandmother's apron.
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After mixing the dry ingredients, put a little flour on your rolling pin and surface.
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Add the wet ingredients and mix the rest of the dough with your hands.
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Roll the dough into a thin, flat cake.
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Sweet likes to bake hers in a well-seasoned cast iron pan.
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When the cake comes out of the oven, layer it with the apple mixture. Sweet says it's best if it sits for a few hours before you serve it.
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