Spice Cake With Honey Rum Sauce

• 2 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups shredded, unpeeled green apples
• 2 eggs
• 6 tablespoons melted corn oil margarine
• 1/4 cup honey
• 23 cup molasses
• 1 1/4 cups warm water
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons rum
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice

1. To make the cake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease and flour a 9-by-13-inch cake pan and set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and salt.
4. Stir in the shredded apples.
5. In a medium-size bowl, whisk together the eggs, melted margarine, honey, molasses and warm water.
6. Pour over the dry ingredients and stir just until combined.
7. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
8. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
9. Place on a rack to cool.
10. To make the sauce, place the honey and the rum in a small saucepan over low heat.
11. Heat just until the mixture is hot and the honey has a thin consistency.
12. Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon juice.
13. Cut the cake, either warm or at room temperature, into squares and place on plates.
14. Spoon some of the sauce over and around the cake and serve immediately.

wholewheat flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, ground nutmeg, salt, green apples, eggs, corn oil margarine, honey, molasses, water, honey, rum, lemon juice

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11062 (may not work)