Apple Pecan Cake

Everyone once in a while, things are going well for me, and I feel quite clever. It's usually following these moments that I end up eating a big slice of humble pie. Or in this case, apple pecan cake.

I loosely followed this recipe. Very loosely. Ok, basically the only thing that recipe and my recipe had in common was the ingredients list. Because I had been feeling clever, I thought that I could change (fine, halve) the quantities of sugar, apples, and pecans and have the end result be exactly the same as if I had used full portions. I also used a bit of buckwheat flour instead of white flour, thinking that the two are interchangeable. (Turns out they're not.) Now I understand that this makes no logical sense at all, but it made sense to me at the time of baking.

So now I have a full cake that can best be described as "meh." It tastes…healthy. And while I'm a big proponent of eating a well balanced diet, some desserts shouldn't taste healthy. They should taste like dessert.

Fortunately, there's also a recipe for a caramel glaze included. I think I'll glaze the cake in the morning to see if that will help save it.