Smith Island Cake #CakeSliceBakers
This month's Cake Slice Bakers' choice was an easy one for me. I've been wanting to make a Smith Island Cake since I first came across the recipe several years ago. It look delicious and is the state cake of Maryland. A couple things have prevented me from doing this: 1. most of recipes call for either having many more cake pans than I own or cutting the cakes into layers and 2. I have a small kitchen and did not know how I could possibly find space for all of those cakes. The recipe in America's Test Kitchen's The Perfect Cake, however, seemed a little more doable. Two cake pans, reused over the course of a morning. Frosting made separately and refrigerated until ready to assemble.
To deal with the space issue, I re-purposed our dining room table and used a stacking cookie tray rack I owned. Here are some of the cakes cooling.
The cake consists of eight thin layers of yellow cake filled and frosted with a fudge-type frosting. It was definitely a winning combination.
I did have two minor issues. Unlike every other recipe I've prepared out of this book, this one did not have an abundance of frosting. I could have easily used another half a cup to make sure the cake was covered sufficiently and had even layers of filing in between the cake layers.
Second, I had an issue with the cake layers not being exactly the same size. This was a little puzzling to me because I actually measure the amount of batter I used for each layer and used the same two pans for all the layers (which are a matched set). All I can think is maybe I overcooked a couple and that caused them to shrink a little.
All-in-all, though, a tasty, moist cake. I'm not sure if I'll make another one anytime soon, but I may use the recipe to produce a more traditional layered cake as the combination was perfect.
Each month The Cake Slice Bakers are offered a selection of cakes from the current book we are baking through. This year it is The Perfect Cake from America's Test Kitchen #atkcake. We each choose one cake to bake, and then on the 20th - never before - we all post about our cake on our blogs. There are a few rules that we follow, but the most important ones are to have fun and enjoy baking & eating cakes!
Follow our Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest pages where you can find all of our cakes, as well as inspiration for many other cakes. You can also click on the thumbnail pictures below to take you to each of our cakes, or visit our blog where the links are updated each month. If you are interested in joining The Cake Slice Bakers and baking along with us, please send an email to thecakeslicebakers at gmail dot com for more details.
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To deal with the space issue, I re-purposed our dining room table and used a stacking cookie tray rack I owned. Here are some of the cakes cooling.
The cake consists of eight thin layers of yellow cake filled and frosted with a fudge-type frosting. It was definitely a winning combination.
I did have two minor issues. Unlike every other recipe I've prepared out of this book, this one did not have an abundance of frosting. I could have easily used another half a cup to make sure the cake was covered sufficiently and had even layers of filing in between the cake layers.
Second, I had an issue with the cake layers not being exactly the same size. This was a little puzzling to me because I actually measure the amount of batter I used for each layer and used the same two pans for all the layers (which are a matched set). All I can think is maybe I overcooked a couple and that caused them to shrink a little.
All-in-all, though, a tasty, moist cake. I'm not sure if I'll make another one anytime soon, but I may use the recipe to produce a more traditional layered cake as the combination was perfect.
Each month The Cake Slice Bakers are offered a selection of cakes from the current book we are baking through. This year it is The Perfect Cake from America's Test Kitchen #atkcake. We each choose one cake to bake, and then on the 20th - never before - we all post about our cake on our blogs. There are a few rules that we follow, but the most important ones are to have fun and enjoy baking & eating cakes!
Follow our Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest pages where you can find all of our cakes, as well as inspiration for many other cakes. You can also click on the thumbnail pictures below to take you to each of our cakes, or visit our blog where the links are updated each month. If you are interested in joining The Cake Slice Bakers and baking along with us, please send an email to thecakeslicebakers at gmail dot com for more details.
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It looks yummy and I love the classic flavor pairing.
ReplyDeleteYour layers look perfectly even to me! Nice job and great tips!
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ReplyDeleteYou did a wonderful job with your cake, and I love how your dining room became cake central :)
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