It is topped off with grated dark chocolate and/or cinnamon and often served with fresh berries and cottage cheese ice cream.

Layered rye bread is an iconic Latvian food, and is considered one of the national dishes.

These layers are repeated up to the top of the dish when a final dollop of cream and sprinkling of the rye crumbs are added to enhance the dessert's appearance.

[5] Raspberry, strawberry and apricot are favourite preserves for preparing layered rye bread among Latvians, as are the more peculiarly Latvian aronia, sea buckthorn, lingonberry, rose hip and red currant varieties.

Fresh fruit is often added to the top of the dessert as a festive garnish to match or complement the jam variety used just before serving the dish.