Apple cake with rum sauce

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       Title: Apple Cake with Rum Sauce
  Categories: Cakes
       Yield: 5 Servings
  
       1 c  All-purpose flour
       1 ts Baking soda
       1 ts Ground cinnamon
     3/4 ts Ground nutmeg
     1/8 ts Salt
       4 tb Butter; softened
       1 c  Sugar
       1 lg Egg
       2 c  Granny smith apple
            (unpeeled/grated)
            Rum sauce:
     1/2 c  Butter
       1 c  Sugar
     1/2 c  Half and half
            Dash of ground nutmeg
       1 ts Pure vanilla extract
       2    To 3 tablespoons rum
  
     In small bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and
   salt. In large bowl, cream butter, sugar and egg until light and fluffy.
   Stir in grated apples. Blend in flour mixture. Pour into greased 8-inch
   square pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 30-35 minutes. May be cooled and
   stored, covered, in baking pan. Before serving, reheat at 400 degrees for
   10 minutes. Cut into squares and serve with Rum Sauce. In top of double
   boiler, combine butter, sugar and half and half. Cook over boiling water,
   stirring constantly, until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Cool
   slightly. Add nutmeg, vanilla and rum. Serve warm over heated cake.
    Source: Creme de Colorado Cookbook   serves 6
  
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