Desserts & Sweets

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The Smith Island Baking Company, Inc. has generously donated a gift certificate to be used towards your choice of cake.

Certificate can be used by ordering online through The Smith Island Baking Company, Inc. or in  person at their Crisfield, MD location. 

What is a Smith Island Cake?

In the 1800’s, watermen from Smith Island, Maryland would set out for months on end during Smith Island’s famous autumn oyster harvest. Their families would send cakes to remind the watermen of the community they had left behind.

Bakers used thin layers and fudge frosting to preserve freshness. More than delicious, Smith Island Cakes have become an iconic symbol of faith, family, and community.

What Flavor will you choose? Traditonal, Oreo, Caramel, Chocolate or maybe a sampler of 4 flavors.   

 Pictures are sample of cakes made by The Smith Island Baking Company, Inc. 

Smith Island, Maryland, was settled by the British in the 1600’s. It remains Maryland’s only inhabited island group in the Chesapeake Bay. Comprising three villages, Tylerton, Ewell and Rhodes Point, it is inhabited by about 250 people and located 10 miles off shore. Ferry service is limited, sometimes only offering one trip a day.

Smith Island Cakes have been made since the 1800’s, when women on the island would send them with their husbands on the autumn oyster harvest. The cakes were a symbol of community and togetherness, meant to remind the men of the community they had left behind. Smith Island Cakes were the perfect way for the watermen’s families to remind them they were loved and missed, and to ensure them of their prayers for a successful harvest and a safe reunion.

Smith Island Cakes are defined by their super thin layers, stacked usually 8 layers high. The most popular and "traditional" flavor of Smith Island Cake is the Original Chocolate Smith Island Cake, a yellow cake with chocolate fudge frosting. The Maryland legislature named Smith Island Cakes the state dessert in 2008, but Smith Island Cakes were still primarily a locally known delicacy. In 2009, Brian Murphy started The Smith Island Baking Company and began shipping made-from-scratch Smith Island Cakes nationwide.

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Winner will be emailed gift certificate with all information needed to use towards any Smith Island cake.  Gift Certificate can be used either by ordering online or at the Crisfield location.  

Certificate expires November 17, 2023

The Smith Island Baking Company, Inc. 

45 W. Chesapeake Avenue

Crisfield, MD 21817

410-425-2253

https://smithislandcake.com/

https://www.facebook.com/smithislandcake