Fresh Apple Butter Cake

-Chuck Ozburn hbwk07a- 1 c Butter

2 c Sugar

3 Eggs

3 c Flour

1 1/2 ts Baking soda

1/2 ts Salt

1 ts Cinnamon

1/8 ts Nutmeg

2 ts Vanilla

3 c MacIntosh apples; diced

2 c Walnuts; chopped

-SHERRY GLAZE- 1 1/2 c Sugar

1/2 c Sherry

Cream butter and sugar well; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition; sift flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg together; gradually add to butter mixture; stir in vanilla; fold in apples and walnuts; pour into a greased 10-inch tube pan and bake in a preheated, 325~ oven for approximately 1 1/2 hours; cool; drizzle sherry glaze over cake and serve. Sherry Glaze. Combine sugar and sherry in a heavy saucepan; cook, stirring constantly, until syrupy, about 2 minutes. Chuck in Pok. -----