Shelly's Recipe

*APPLE CAKE WITH HOT BUTTERED SPICED RUM SAUCE*

Category: Cakes

Cake
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp cinnamon and baking soda
1/2 tsp nutmeg and salt
3 tart apples, peeled, cored and chopped
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 tbsp spiced rum

Hot Buttered Rum Sauce
1 cup water
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
5 tbsp spiced rum
1 tbsp cornstarch

Preheat oven to 350. Combine together butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Blend dry ingredients and add to creamed mixture. Fold in apples, nuts and rum. Mix together and pour into a greased 9 inch square baking pan. Bake 45 minutes. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and rum sauce.

Sauce. Combine ingredients in a saucepan and stir until boiling. Simmer 5 minutes.