Original Smith Island Cake Recipe

Smith island cake our recipe for this towering dessert featuring eight layers of buttery yellow cake with chocolate fudge icing was inspired by a decadent version served at becca s smith island.

Original smith island cake recipe.

Preheat to 350 degrees. Combine the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer or hand held electric mixer. Add eggs one at a time and beat until smooth. Chill cake about 1 hour or until set.

In a separate bowl combine flour salt and baking. Sprinkles totally optional but i always encourage a little rainbow happiness. Cream together sugar and butter add eggs and beat until smooth with mixer. No other cake on the planet can even compete.

Place cake over a wire rack on a rimmed baking pan. Beat on medium speed until light and creamy. 3 cups 14 oz all purpose flour 2 tsp. Lightly butter three pans and re butter after each set.

Smith island cake is decadently moist. Use butter to lightly grease ten 9 inch cake pans or use 2 to 3 cake pans at a time and re grease them as needed. Starting at the center of the cake pour icing in a slow steady stream over top of cake moving to outer edges and letting icing flow down the sides of the cake. 2 cups 15 1 4 oz sugar 2 sticks unsalted butter melted 5 large eggs.

For the cake layers. Mix into egg mixture one cup at a time. Cream together sugar and butter. Most ovens can fit three 9 inch cake pans so for a nine layer cake bake three layers at a time.

If there s one thing to know it s this. Sift together flour salt and baking powder. Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven. Carefully transfer cake to serving plate.

We re sticking with the original smith island cake a moist yellow cake with chocolate fudge icing. Serve at room temperature. Baking powder 1 2 tsp.