Wedding Cake

For years, Leah and I have wanted to try remaking our wedding cake at home. We were recently feeling a serious sweet tooth and decided it was finally time. We cobbled together a recipe from a few sources, including Alton Brown's excellent A Far, Far Better Cake. The results were fantastic; possibly even better than the cake from our actual wedding!

The cake itself is spiced with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, and thyme. Each round is topped with a thin layer of apple butter. The center is filled with cooked apples (basically apple pie filling) and the whole thing is frosted with maple buttercream. Outstanding!