I'd like to try the Lambeth, oriental stringwork piping on a dense, long lasting cake. I remember seeing a cake with very little dough and a LOT of nuts on one of the Swiss Colony sausage & cheese catalogs. Recipe for something that tastes good to Americans, anyone?

here's a link for what I'm looking for:
http://www.collinstreet.com/pages/online_bakery/pecan_cakes

The apple cinnamon pecan cake or the apricot pecan cake recipe is exactly what I'm looking for.

Would you be thinking of a nut bread? There's many types of "breads" that are more like a cake than bread. They're dense and heavy and delicious. Don't know why you couldn't bake it in a round.