Old-Fashioned Molasses Stack Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. shortening
2 c. molasses
2 eggs, well beaten
10 or more c. plain flour
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 c. boiling water
1 qt. sweetened applesauce

Preparation

Cream sugar and shortening.
Add molasses and mix well.
Beat in eggs.
Mix dry ingredients with flour.
Stir water and dry ingredients alternately into molasses-shortening mixture.
Work in flour until you have a stiff dough.
Roll rather thin.
Use a dinner-sized plate to cut out layers or, preferably, cut them with an old-fashioned pie pan with scalloped edges.
This gives a pretty edge.
Bake the dough on a baking sheet or in layer cake pans at 375\u00b0 until fairly brown.
If you want to make 2 cakes, bake four or five layers for each cake.
If you prefer to make one large cake, bake 6 layers.
When cutting the large cake, only cut through 3 layers when serving it.
Warm applesauce slightly and spread between layers of cake.
(The warm sauce will help the cake moisten more quickly.)
Do not put applesauce on top layer.