Smith Island Cake, for the uninitiated, is a Maryland marvel consisting of eight to fifteen impossibly thin layers of yellow cake separated by fudge frosting. It originated on its namesake island in ...

Boatyard Bar & Grill might lure you in with promises of fresh-caught delicacies, but it’s their Smith Island Cake – Maryland’s official state dessert – that will haunt your sweetest dreams long after ...

Across America, almost every state has a signature food and dessert that residents enjoy. In Maryland’s case, the food is stuffed ham and the dessert is the iconic Smith Island cake. The cake is so ...

Some folks believe it was the late Frances Kitching, an innkeeper on the island, who called for the cake to be 10 layers, as it is in this recipe. Adapted from "Mrs. Kitching's Smith Island Cookbook," ...