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 ...

Sitting right on the water in St. Michaels since 1965, The Crab Claw Restaurant serves crab cakes that capture everything ...

As the legend goes, well over a century ago, the wives of watermen on Smith Island in Chesapeake Bay sought to devise a dessert that would stay fresh when their husbands were out at sea. They ...

Unless you're a big fan of the Chesapeake Bay, it's likely you've never heard of Smith Island, let alone tasted the island's historic layer cake. It's an architectural wonder, with anywhere from six ...

Maryland’s official state dessert has apparently become a holiday tradition for many outside the state. The Smith Island Baking Company, which makes the 10-layer Smith Island cakes, says that for ...

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 ...

Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. If you observe it carefully, chocolate can tell a story. At least that’s what Jinji Fraser, the founder of ...

Do you remember the first time you bit into all 10 of those delicious layers in a Smith Island Cake? In fact, the cake is so good, it was named the Maryland State Dessert in 2008. For as long as we ...

Smith Island Bakery, home to one of the most popular iterations of the Smith Island cake, is now up for sale. Known as Maryland’s state dessert, the Smith Island Cake is characterized by its 10 thin, ...

Jennifer was baking dobos torte, so I stopped by. My job wasn't to help or to coach. It was to egg on. "Why not bake two?" I urged, pulling out surplus pans. "Why not bake three?" We did. It took all ...