Original Smith Island Cake Recipe

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Original smith island cake recipe.

Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven. A traditional smith island cake has 8 to 12 layers. Beat on medium speed until light and creamy. Cream together sugar and butter add eggs and beat until smooth with mixer.

Baking powder 1 2 tsp. 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. 3 cups 14 oz all purpose flour 2 tsp. Mix into egg mixture one cup at a time.

Chill cake about 1 hour or until set. Serve at room temperature. Add eggs one at a time and beat until smooth. Sprinkles totally optional but i always encourage a little rainbow happiness.

Sift together the flour salt and baking powder. If there s one thing to know it s this. 2 cups 15 1 4 oz sugar 2 sticks unsalted butter melted 5 large eggs. Place cake over a wire rack on a rimmed baking pan.

Carefully transfer cake to serving plate. Sift together flour salt and baking powder. Most ovens can fit three 9 inch cake pans so for a nine layer cake bake three layers at a time. 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.

Smith island cake is decadently moist. In a separate bowl combine flour salt and baking. 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. Combine the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer or hand held electric mixer.

Lightly butter three pans and re butter after each set. No other cake on the planet can even compete. Cream together sugar and butter.