Smith Island 10 Layer Cake Recipes

SMITH ISLAND 10 LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 ° F
• Beat the sugar and butter together, using either a handheld mixer or a stand mixer fitted with this whisk attachment. Add the eggs, one by one, and whisk until the mixture is creamy. In a large bowl combine the flour, salt and baking powder. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture, beating well between each addition. Add the condensed milk, vanilla and water. Mix at low speed to get a smooth batter.
• Grease your pan with melted butter place 3 tablespoons of batter, spread with the back of the spoon . Cook 8 to 9 minutes (the edge of the cake turns brown but not the center). Take your pan from the oven and turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Repeat baking another cake, buttering well each time. You need to bake 10 cakes with your batter. If, when unmolding one of the cakes, it gets a little damaged, don't panic because once the cakes are covered with icing no one will notice anything).
• Start making the glaze while the first cake is baking. In a saucepan, pour the milk and add the butter, melt the butter over low heat to obtain a homogeneous mixture. Add the cocoa gradually while whisking the mixture (to avoid lumps) and cook over low heat for 10 minutes (the mixture shouldn't boil). Off the heat, gradually add the powdered sugar. Turn the heat back on to reduce over low heat until the mixture thickens slightly and coats the back of a spoon. Let it cool.
• When all the cakes are cooked and cooled. Place the first cake on a wire rack, spread glaze to cover the surface (2-3 tablespoons), add some chopped M&M's (in very small pieces). Cover with a second cake that you will also glaze and so on until the tenth cake. Glaze the entire cake. In order to do it I place my wire rack with the cake over a plastic tray or a baking sheet, so that I can pour the glaze over the cake and save the excess to reuse on the cake. Decorate the surface of your cake with M&M'S. Store in the refrigerator at least for 4 hours before transferring to your dish to serve (it must be very cold so it does not break).

SMITH ISLAND CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare icing: Combine cream and corn syrup in a medium saucepan over medium heat; bring mixture just to a simmer, stirring often. Remove from the heat.
• Place chocolate in a large microwave-safe bowl and pour hot cream mixture over top. Sprinkle with salt and let stand 2 minutes. Whisk until completely smooth and let cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Chill icing in the refrigerator until thickened and spreadable, about 45 minutes, stirring halfway through.
• Meanwhile prepare cake layers: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray nine 8 1/2-inch round disposable cake pans with cooking spray. Line the bottoms with parchment paper and spray that gently with more cooking spray.
• Beat butter in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment at medium speed until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute. Gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, and beat just until incorporated after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk in 3 batches, beginning and ending with flour mixture and beating on medium speed.
• Divide batter evenly (about 1 cup each) among prepared pans and smooth with an offset spatula. Bake, in batches, until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool in pans on wire rack 10 minutes. Turn cakes out onto wire racks to cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• Place 1 cake layer on an 8-inch round cake board and spread with 1/3 cup icing using a small offset spatula. Top with another cake layer and spread with 1/3 cup icing. Repeat the process with remaining layers and icing. Coat the top and sides of the cake with a thin layer of icing. Chill cake for 1 hour and reserve remaining icing.
• Place chilled cake on a wire rack over a rimmed baking pan. Microwave reserved icing at medium (50%) power in 30-second intervals, stirring after each one, until smooth and pourable, 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Pour icing in a slow, steady stream over the top of the cake, starting at the center and moving to the outer edges so it flows down the sides. Smooth out the sides and fill any gaps with a small offset spatula.
• Chill cake until set, about 1 hour. Carefully transfer cake to a serving plate. Serve at room temperature.

MRS KITCHING'S SMITH ISLAND 10-LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Lightly grease and flour dust 10 (or aim at baking 3 at a time) 9-inch round pans. (I also use greased parchment on bottom.) Oven middle rack, 350°F.
• Cream together sugar and butter.
• Add eggs one at a time. Beat till smooth.
• Sift flour with salt and baking powder and mix into batter one cup at a time.
• Slowly pour in evaporated milk while mixing.
• Then add vanilla and water till batter is uniform.
• Put 1/2 cup of batter into pan, smoothing out with back of spoon.
• Bake for 8 minutes or until it no longer 'sizzles' in pan. Layers will be slightly golden and released from pan edges. Let cool only 3 minutes in pan.
• Run spatula around edge (if it tears, use as a middle layer.) and cool on rack.
• Icing: Melt butter then remove from heat.
• Stir in evaporated milk.
• Whisk in cocoa till smooth and return to low heat for 10 minutes. Stir and do NOT boil or scorch.
• Remove from heat and whisk in confectioners' sugar slowly.
• Return to low heat occasionally stirring for about 45 minutes or until icing is thick and sticks to back of spoon or whisk. Cool.
• Put two tablespoons of icing between each layer and spread just barely to the edge before next layer goes on top. Take your time as icing will be 'fluid' and harden or dry out slowly.

SMITH ISLAND TEN-LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Cream together sugar and butter. Add eggs one at a time and beat until smooth.
• Sift together flour, salt and baking powder.
• Mix into egg mixture one cup at a time.
• With mixer running, slowly pour in the evaporated milk, then the vanilla and water. Mix just until uniform.
• Put three serving spoonfuls of batter in each of ten 9-inch lightly greased pans, using the back of the spoon to spread evenly.
• Bake three layers at a time on the middle rack of the oven at 350° for 8 minutes. A layer is done when you hold it near your ear and you don't hear it sizzle.
• Start making the icing when the first layers go in the oven.
• Put the cake together as the layers are finished.
• Let layers cool a couple of minutes in the pans. Run a spatula around the edge of the pan and ease the layer out of the pan. Don't worry if it tears; no one will notice when the cake is finished.
• Use two and three serving spoonfuls of icing between each layer.
• Cover the top and sides of the cake with the rest of the icing. Push icing that runs onto the plate back onto the cake.
• Directions for Icing:.
• Put sugar and evaporated milk in a medium pan. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until warm. Add chocolate and cook to melt. Add butter and melt. Cook over medium heat at a slow boil for 10 to 15 minutes. Stir occasionally. Add vanilla. Icing will be thin but thickens as it cools.

SMITH ISLAND 10-LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Frosting: Melt butter. Stir in evaporated milk (off heat). Whisk in Cocoa until smooth, return to heat and cook for approximately 10 minutes. Do not boil or Scorch. Remove from heat and whisk in confectioners sugar slowly. Cook slowly until thickened and will stick to back of a spoon or to the whisk (It will form a ribbon when you drizzle a spoonful onto mixture while cooking). Approx time: 45 minutes. Cake: Cream together sugar and butter. Add eggs one at a time and beat until smooth. Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. Mix into egg mixture one cup at a time. With mixer running, slowly pour in the evaporated milk, then the vanilla and water. Mix just until uniform. Put three serving spoons of batter in each of ten 9-inch lightly greased pans, using the back of the spoon to spread evenly. Bake three layers at a time on the middle rack of the oven at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. A layer is done when you hold it near your ear and you don't hear it sizzle. Start making the icing when the first layer goes in the oven. Let the layers cool a couple of minutes in the pans. Put the cake together as the layers are finished. Run a spatula around the edge oft he pan and ease the layer out of the pan. Don't worry if it tears; no one will notice when the cake is finished. Use two or three serving spoons of icing between each layer. Cover the top and sides of the cake with the rest of the icing. Push icing that runs onto the plate back onto the cake. To ice the cake: Take one slightly cooled layer and spread with cooled frosting. Add crushed candy randomly on layer. (Reese cups, snickers, milky ways, or whatever your favorite is-candy is optional as well ) Add next layers, frosting, candy, and repeat process till the 10th layer. Do not add candy to final layer. Finish frosting the cake and sides. May have to wait to ice top and sides until the icing cools.

SMITH ISLAND TEN-LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Position an oven rack in the middle of the oven; preheat to 350 degrees. 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 needed. Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder. Combine the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer or hand-held electric mixer; beat on medium speed until light and creamy. Add the eggs one at a time; beat until smooth. Reduce the speed to low and add the sifted dry ingredients 1 cup at a time; beat until incorporated. Still on low speed, add the evaporated milk, then the vanilla and water, beating until well combined. Place 3 serving spoonfuls of batter in each of the cake pans (about 2/3 cup); use the back of the spoon to spread it evenly. Bake 2 or 3 layers at a time on the middle oven rack for 8 to 9 minutes. (A layer is done when you hold it near your ear and do not hear it sizzle.) While the cakes are baking, make the icing: Combine the sugar and evaporated milk in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the chocolate and butter; warm through, stirring, until both have melted. Increase the heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and add the vanilla extract, stirring to combine. The icing will be thin but will thicken as it cools. As the cake layers are done, run a spatula around the edge of the pan and ease out the layers. Let them cool. Place the bottom layer on a cake plate; spread 2 or 3 spoonfuls of icing on each layer. (Don't worry if a layer tears; no one will notice when the cake is finished.) Cover the top and sides of the cake with the remaining icing; push any icing that runs onto the plate back onto the cake.