Old Fashioned Stack Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
6 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1/2 cup molasses
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter

Preparation

Cream sugar and butter together; add eggs, 1 at a time,beating well after each addition.
Sift flour, measure with dry ingredients.
Add dry ingredients alternately to batter with butter, milk, and vanilla.
Work dough like biscuit dough.
Divide into 6 or 7 parts.
Pat into cake pans and bake 10 to 12 minutes in 375 degree oven.
Stack and add dried cooked apples between layers.
Thanksgiving and Christmas cake.