Like some cakes set before daughter (7)
I believe the answer is:
layered
'like some cakes' is the definition.
'set before daughter' is the wordplay.
'set' becomes 'lay' (laying is a kind of setting**).
'before' becomes 'ere' (usually literary).
'daughter' becomes 'd'.
'lay'+'ere'+'d'='LAYERED'
(Other definitions for layered that I've seen before include "Type of cake perhaps" , "Like a particular hairstyle" , "Arranged in strata" , "Made of several sheets" , "with multilevel style" .)