3/4 c. butter
1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 c. sorghum molasses
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. buttermilk
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cloves
3/4 tsp. allspice
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
3 c. plain flour
1 tsp. baking powder

Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs and molasses; mix well. Add soda to buttermilk; stir well. Mix all dry ingredients together. Add alternately with milk to batter, beginning and ending with the dry.

Bake in thin layers about 1/2-inch thick in a 9-inch cake pan about 12 minutes at 350°F.

Filling:

3 c. dried apples
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 1/2 c. water
1/2 tsp. each: cinnamon, allspice and cloves

Cook together the first 3 ingredients and when almost done, add the cinnamon, allspice and cloves. Cool. Spread between layers of cake and stack.