Old Fashioned Stack Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. soda
2 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1/2 c. vegetable shortening or butter
1/2 c. sugar
1 large egg
1/2 c. molasses
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour

Preparation

Sift 2 cups flour, ginger, soda, salt and baking powder together.
Beat shortening (or butter) and sugar until creamy. Beat in eggs and then add molasses.
Add 1/4 of dry ingredients at a time, alternately with buttermilk and remaining flour, a little at a time, until dough is stiff.
Use hands if necessary.
Heat oven to 375\u00b0.
Grease and flour 4 (9-inch) layer cake pans.
Bake each layer 10 to 12 minutes.
Stack with cooked, dried apples.