Desserts · Denmark

Rye Bread Layer Cake

Name: Rye Bread Layer Cake
Total time: 734 min
Yield: 12–16
Cuisine: Denmark
Ingredients: 125 g dark rye bread without sunflower seeds etc.; 6 eggs; 250 g granulated sugar; 15 ml (1 tbsp) cocoa powder; 15 ml (1 tbsp) potato flour; 5 ml (1 tsp) baking powder; Butter for greasing baking paper; 500 ml cream for whipping

Rugbrødslagkage (Danish for "rye bread layered cake") is a cake with whipped cream and layers of grated rye bread. Layered cakes of this type are eaten at birthday parties in Denmark, but this recipe with rye bread is quite rare.

Published October 16, 2026

EST. TOTAL TIME12h 14m

DIFFICULTYMedium

SERVES12–16

Time and difficulty are editorial estimates; allow extra time for your equipment and experience.

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Step 1
Leave a couple of slices of unwrapped rye bread to dry outside of the fridge.
Step 2
Grate the now-dry rye bread.
Step 3
Turn on oven at 220°C (or 200°C for convection ovens).
Step 4
Separate the eggs and whip the egg whites to stiff peaks.
Step 5
In a separate bowl, whip the egg yolk with sugar, cocoa, potato flour, baking powder, and grated rye bread. Carefully fold in the beaten whites with a spoon.
Step 6
Spread the batter 1 cm thick on buttered baking paper in a cake form. The dough should be enough for 4 or 5 layers. Bake for 10 minutes at 220°C. Only in case of convection oven, more layers can be baked above each other.
Step 7
Let the layers cool completely.
Step 8
Whip two-thirds of the cream, and spread it between the layers. Cover and chill in the fridge overnight.
Step 9
Cover top and sides with whipped cream.

Rye Bread Layer Cake

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