Fresh Apple Cake With Rum Sauce

• 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

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.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/fresh-apple-cake-with-rum-sauce-441246 (may not work)