This fresh and dried apple pecan cake recipe is both rustic and elegant. This is a perfect, not-too-sweet, colder weather apple dessert. It's fancy enough to serve at a holiday event but would be just as at home for your coffee break. Make the bottom layer in a 9"x2" cake pan, and bake the top layer (the one with the apples and pecans arranged on top) in a 9"x3" springform pan so you don't have to turn the cake out and risk ruining the design. As always, all measurements in ounces are by weight and not volume. Please buy a scale. You won't be sorry.