Recipe for cooking rum-apple cake

Recipes Made with other Beverages :: Cakes Made with Liqueurs

Rum-Apple Cake

1/2 c. butter
2 c. sugar
3 eggs
1/2 c. water
2 c. flour
1 1/2 c. chopped nuts
4 apples
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Pare, core and finely chop apples and measure to 3 c.. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy; add eggs, one at a time, and beat until blended. Blend water in well.

Mix flour with baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon. Mix into the egg mixture, beating just until smooth. Stir in nutmeats and apples. Spread in a greased 13 x 9-in. baking dish. Bake at 325 degrees F for 45 mins., or until cake springs back when touched. Cover with Rum Sauce.

Rum Sauce
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. half-and-half
1/4 c. rum or rum flavoring, to taste

Combine sugar, butter and half-and-half in the top part of a double boiler, and cook over simmering water for 10 mins.. Stir in rum, then pour, while hot, over cake.