This Smith Island Cake recipe boasts eight layers of yellow cake covered in a blanket of chocolate ganache. It's the ideal layer cake for a birthday party.
With its distinct multilayered presentation, Smith Island cake might just be the most flashy regional cake in the United States. Named after a group of three Island communities on the Chesapeake Bay collectively called Smith Island, the layer cake is said to have been baked since the 1800s as a treat to eat during the island’s annual oyster harvest.
Characterized by thin layers of yellow cake layered with chocolate and covered in a blanket of ganache, the cake has withstood the test of time. This eight-layer recipe stays true to the classic and allows the flavors of cake and chocolate to shine. The multiple layers, while impressive, are quite doable: You’ll bake four cakes, then slice each in half to make 8 thin layers in total. The chocolate frosting, made with cream, bittersweet chocolate, and a hit of salt, provides the perfect foil to the cake, enrobing it in a fudge-like coating that brings it all together. Serve it for birthdays, holidays, or anytime at all.
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