Layer-Cake Desert

Layer Cake Desert is the second world in New Super Mario Bros. U, lying directly north of Acorn Plains and south-west from Frosted Glacier. As with previous World 2's in the series, it takes place in a desert, but unlike the previous desert worlds, it has various desserts within the world, such as giant cakes (with one giant cake in the world map) and giant melting ice cream cones. This is likely a pun on the similarity of the words "desert" and "dessert". The boss of this world is Morton Koopa Jr. There are also giant Moai statues in a sea of sand, which also appear in some levels and in the world map. A Super Acorn can also be found in the map alongside the Enemy Courses, where it'll possibly give Mario a Super Acorn in his inventory. At the end of Layer Cake Desert, there's a fork in the road that leads to Frosted Glacier or Sparkling Waters.

Levels

 * World 2-1: Stone-Eye Zone
 * World 2-2: Perilous Pokey Cave
 * World 2-3: Fire Snake Cavern
 * World 2-Fortress: Layer Cake Fortress
 * World 2-5: Spike’s Spouting Sand
 * World 2-6: not available
 * World 2-7: Blooming Lakitu’s
 * World 2-Castle: Morton’s Compactor Castle

Trivia

 * There is a pipe at the beginning of the world. It could possibly be a way to get to later finished worlds easier, as Acorn Plains and Frosted Glacier has the same pipe at the beginning of the world.