Fresh Apple Cake With Rum Sauce - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

Cake:
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.
Combine flour and the next 5 ingredients; add to the creamed mixture, beating until blended. Stir in the apple and pecans.
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.
Hot Buttered Rum Sauce:
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.