Shelly's Recipe

APPLE PIE CAKE WITH RUM BUTTER SAUCE

Category: Cakes

Cake
1/4 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbsp hot water
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups peeled and diced cooking apples
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Rum Butter Sauce
Whipped cream (optional)

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of electric mixer. Add egg; beat until blended. Combine flour, salt, and cinnamon; mix well. Add to creamed mixture; beat on low speed until smooth. Stir in water and vanilla.

Fold in apples and pecans; spoon into a greased and floured 9 inch pie plate. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Serve warm or cold with Rum Butter Sauce and whipped cream.

Rum Butter Sauce
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup softened butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 tbsp rum

Combine first 4 ingredients into a small saucepan; mix well. Bring to a boil and cook 1 minute. Stir in rum. Yields 1 1/4 cups