Layered Cake Breathes Life Back Into Tiny US Island

SMITH ISLAND, Maryland To be authentic, a true Smith Island cake — a
famous family recipe passed down generations — must be baked on this tiny
Chesapeake Bay island, its most die-hard bakers say.

Brian Murphy and his team got the idea six months ago, launching a
traditional bakery dedicated to making the unusually large, multi-layered cake
and sending them by mail throughout the United States ever since.

The move has breathed new life into Maryland’s only inhabited island.

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Agence France Press