Apple Cake With Warm Sauce

Rich warm sauce with hints of vanilla and rum poured over the top of the apple cake. Yum! 2 C sugar 1/2 C butter, room temperature 2 eggs 2 C flour 2 tsp soda 2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla 4 lg apples 1 C chopped walnuts Sauce : 1 C butter 1 C brown sugar 1 C sugar 1 C half and half or whip cream 1 1/2 tsp vanilla 1/2 tsp rum extract (optional) Combine in a large mixing bowl sugar, butter, eggs, flour, soda, cinnamon and vanilla