Cozy Cakes

Old-Fashioned Stack Cake with Lemon-Date Filling Makes 1 (9-inch) cake ½ cup all-vegetable shortening½ cup granulated sugar½ cup whole buttermilk⅓ cup molasses1 large egg, lightly beaten1 teaspoon vanilla extract3½ cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon ground ginger½ teaspoon baking soda½ teaspoon salt½ teaspoon ground cinnamon¼ teaspoon ground nutmegLemon-Date Filling (recipe follows)Confectioners’ sugar 1. Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly spray 3 (9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray. Line bottom of pans with parchment paper. 2. In a large bowl, beat shortening and granulated sugar with a mixer at medium speed until creamy, 3 to 4 minutes, stopping to scrape sides of bowl. Add buttermilk, molasses, egg, and vanilla, beating well. 3. In another large bowl, whisk together flour, ginger, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture to shortening mixture,…