SMITH ISLAND, MD - One of the few bakeries making Smith Island cakes is for sale on the Island community of Ewell. Darren and Kathey Jones opened the Smith Island Bakery in 2018, but bakers have been ...

At first glance, the similar delicate layers of yellow cake and rich fudge frosting may lead you to mistake Maryland’s Smith Island cake for New Orleans’ Doberge cake, or vice versa. But while the two ...

If you've ever visited Maryland, odds are high you've stuck a fork into a slice of what's now known as Smith Island Cake. The officially designated state dessert consists of at least seven layers of ...

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 ...

Its home is Smith Island, a relatively remote island located about 10 miles from the mainland. The Smith Island Baking Company, one of the primary purveyors of this dessert today, traces its origin ...