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One recipe (Tennessee)at the source link says:

Place dried apples in a saucepan; add water to cover. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes or until tender. Drain and mash apples. Stir in brown sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger, cloves, and allspice; set aside.

And another suggests spreading apple butter between the layers.

[Just mythoughts]

Thank you for the information. I was curious if the picture shown was using apple-butter, because that is what it looked like to me.

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Apple Stack Cake

Ingredients
-- 2 cups white sugar
-- 1 cup shortening
-- 2 eggs
-- 1 teaspoon baking soda
-- 3 teaspoons baking powder
-- 6 cups all-purpose flour
-- 1 teaspoon salt
-- 1/2 cup buttermilk
-- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
-- 2 pounds dried apples, cooked and mashed
-- 1 3/4 cups packed brown sugar
-- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
-- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
-- 1 teaspoon ground allspice

Directions
-- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Grease and flour six 8-inch pans.
-- In a large bowl mix together white sugar, shortening, eggs, soda, baking powder, flour, salt, buttermilk, and vanilla.
-- Divide batter into 6 equal parts. Press into prepared pans.
-- Bake at 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) for ten minutes.

To Make Filling:
-- To the cooked and mashed apples, add the brown sugar, cinnamon, cloves, and allspice, and mix.
-- Layer 1 cake, spread filling between layer on top and sides. Do this with each of the 6 layers.
-- Let stand at least 12 hours before cutting