Classic Smith Island Cake | Saveur

Ingredients

• 3 cups (14 oz.) all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• ¹⁄₂ tsp. kosher salt
• 2 cups (15 1/4 oz.) sugar
• 2 sticks unsalted butter, melted
• 5 large eggs
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 ²⁄₃ cups (1 lb. 4 1/2 oz.) sugar
• 1 ¹⁄₃ cups evaporated milk
• 6 oz. high-quality unsweetened chocolate, roughly chopped
• 10 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
• 1 ¹⁄₂ tsp. vanilla extract