Dusted with icing sugar and on the plate The cake is totally delicious with pecans, but due to nut allergy in our household I had to think of something else for some “crunch”. Normally I opt for sunflower seeds or pepitas, but I wanted something more similar to pecans. So I was lucky enough to find some Loving Earth Chocolate Buckinis (these consisted of whole buckwheat toasted with cacao, cacao butter, Goji berries, Inca berries, coconut, and coconut sugar). Normally Buckinis have nuts, but this version didn’t, and they had just the right amount of crunch. Perfect! This dough is quite stiff when finally folded together with the wet ingredients, but don’t let that put you off … with the amount of apple in it, the cake will bake up beautifully. It can be simply served dusted with icing sugar, but for a special treat include thick yoghurt or cream.