Shelly's Recipe

Apple Pie Cake with Rum Butter Sauce

Category: Cakes

Yields 1 (9-inch) pie
CAKE
1/4 cup softened butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons hot water
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 cups peeled and diced cooking apples
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Rum Butter Sauce
Whipped cream (optional)

1.Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of electric mixer. Add egg; beat until blended.

2.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.

3.Bake at 350F 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
Yields 1 1/4 cups
1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/4 cup softened butter or margarine
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 tablespoon rum

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