Original Smith Island Cake Recipe

Mix into egg mixture one cup at a time.

Original smith island cake recipe. 2 cups 15 1 4 oz sugar 2 sticks unsalted butter melted 5 large eggs. Beat on medium speed until light and creamy. Use butter to lightly grease ten 9 inch cake pans or use 2 or 3 cake pans at a time and re grease them as. Smith island cake is decadently moist.

Preheat to 350 degrees. Cream together sugar and butter add eggs and beat until smooth with mixer. Sift together flour salt and baking powder. Add eggs one at a time and beat until smooth.

Baking powder 1 2 tsp. Cream together sugar and butter. 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.

Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven. Most ovens can fit three 9 inch cake pans so for a nine layer cake bake three layers at a time. Combine the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer or hand held electric mixer. Serve at room temperature.

Sprinkles totally optional but i always encourage a little rainbow happiness. No other cake on the planet can even compete. 3 cups 14 oz all purpose flour 2 tsp. Place cake over a wire rack on a rimmed baking pan.

For the cake layers. 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. Chill cake about 1 hour or until set. Sift together the flour salt and baking powder.

Carefully transfer cake to serving plate. A traditional smith island cake has 8 to 12 layers. We re sticking with the original smith island cake a moist yellow cake with chocolate fudge icing.