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 ...

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 ...

It's a slice of history. Smith Island, one of the hundreds of islands in Maryland, is home to fewer than 400 residents. Nestled in the Chesapeake Bay, it's only reachable by a ferry a few times a day.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

People frequently assume that the wafer-thin layers of the Smith Island cake are created by slicing up one huge layer. Not so! Here in the island kitchen of Jennifer Dize, the proof's in the pans.