Apple Pie Cake With Rum Butter Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups peeled diced cooking apples (such as granny smith or jonathan)
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)
• whipped cream (to garnish)
• 1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 5 tablespoons butter or 5 tablespoons margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon rum

Recipe

• 1 cream butter, then gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed with an electric mixer.
• 2 add egg and beat until blended.
• 3 combine flour, salt cinnamon and nutmeg and mix well.
• 4 add to creamed mixture.
• 5 beat on low speed until smooth.
• 6 stir in water and vanilla.
• 7 fold in apples and pecans and spoon into a greased and floured 9 inch pie pan.
• 8 bake at 350*f for 45 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 9 for sauce; combine brown sugar, sugar, butter, butter and cream in a small saucepan and mix well.
• 10 bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute.
• 11 stir in rum.
• 12 serve warm or at room temperature with cake and whipped cream.