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Apple Butter Stack Cake

1 box yellow cake mix
1 to 4 8-inch round non-stick cake pans
1 jar apple butter
cinnamon
ground cloves
nutmeg
sugar
non-stick spray

Put apple butter in a bowl.  Add sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves
to taste.

Mix cake mix in a bowl per box directions and set the oven temp to
the box directions.

Lightly spray the cake pans with non-stick spray.  Pour exactly 3/4
of a cup of cake mix into each pan. Scrape the measuring cup to
ensure an equal amount in each pan. Shake and bang the pan on your
hand to spread the mix out evenly in the pan.

Pop the pans in the oven and in about 10 minutes they will be springy
in the middle and lightly brown on the edge, keep a close eye on
them while baking. You will end up with about 6 cake layers about
1/2 to 3/4 inch thick each. This is the secret to the cake, thin
moist layers.

When a layer is done baking remove it from the oven and let it sit
a few minutes in the pan then while it is still warm place a paper
towel on your palm and turn the pan over and slowly shake it and
the thin layer will fall on your hand then place it on something
to cool. Do this to all the layers. If you shake it right your
layers won't break.

Place a cooled cake layer in the middle of a plate. Grab your bowl
of apple butter and spread a thin layer onto the cake. Place another
cake layer on top of the first and put on more apple butter. Repeat
this till all layers are stacked.  Spread the remaining apple butter
on the top and side of the cake.

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