This post may contain affiliate links.For more information, please see our affiliate policy.Leave a ReviewJump to Recipe Danish Layer Cake is a specialty dessert popular in Racine, Wisconsin.

It has 7 layers of total of soft vanilla cake, homemade pastry cream, and raspberry jam, all covered in a luscious vanilla buttercream frosting.When I was growing up, I loved it when my mom made me Danish Layer Cake for my birthday.Her side of the family is from a town called Racine, Wisconsin (home to Danish Bakery legend O&H), so Danish Layer Cakes were part of the fabric of her childhood.

She made things easy by starting with a boxed mix, but I’m returning this cake to it’s full glory with full-on from-scratch status.Table of ContentsRecipe ingredientsEquipment and ingredient notesStep-by-step instructionsRecipe tips and variationsRecipe FAQsDanish Layer Cake (Dansk Lagekage) Recipe Recipe ingredients At a Glance: Here is a quick snapshot of what ingredients are in this recipe.Please see the recipe card below for specific quantities.

Equipment and ingredient notes 8-inch cake pans: Do not substitute 9-inch cake pans.Whole milk: Do not substitute low-fat milk for the whole milk in the vanilla cake.Seedless raspberry jam: If you cannot track this down, raspberry jam with seeds, or another seedless jam, may be substituted.

Strawberry seedless jam tastes great in this cake.Step-by-step instructions To make the pastry cream: In a mediu

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