Fresh Apple Cake With Rum Sauce

Yum! Hate to admit it, but I really like this for breakfast. :)

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 15

Ingredients

• Cake

• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 2  cups sugar
• 2  eggs
• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 3⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3  cups cooking apples, peeled and chopped
• 1 1⁄2 cups pecans, chopped

• Hot Buttered Rum Sauce

• 1  cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup  half and half cream
• 1  teaspoon  rum extract

Directions

1. Cake:
2. Cream the butter; gradually add the sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Combine flour and the next 5 ingredients; add to the creamed mixture, beating until blended. Stir in the apple and pecans.
4. Pour batter into a greased and floured 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 50 to 55 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool completely in the pan on a wire rack. Serve with Hot Buttered Rum Sauce.
5. Hot Buttered Rum Sauce:
6. Combine the sugar, butter, and half and half in a saucepan; cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat, and stir in the rum extract.