Easy Apple Dump Cake Recipe

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Apple Dump Cake is a delicious warm dessert that is as easy as stir, dump and bake. Apples are cooked to perfection with butter, sugar and spices, and then topped with cake mix and caramel sauce. 

I love apple picking and this recipe is a great way to use the apples you picked from the apple orchard.

If you love Fall desserts, try my Skillet Peach Cobbler, Apple Crisp in a Jar, Oatmeal Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, or Caramel Apple Galette. 

Apple Dump Cake Ingredients

To make this easy dump cake recipe, you will need the following ingredients (see the recipe below for detailed amounts and instructions):

• Apples: the best apples to use for baking are Honey Crisp, Golden Delicious, McIntosh or Granny Smith
• Spices: all spice and cinnamon
• Unsalted butter
• Sugar
• Water
• Cornstarch
• Caramel sauce
• Yellow box cake mix

How to Make Apple Cake with Cake Mix

This apple cake is so easy – all you have to is make an apple mixture and then dump cake mix on top! 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Make the apple mixture. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add water, 2 tablespoons butter, sugar, and spices. Bring to a small boil. Add apples. Stir until a small boil again, about 4 minutes. Add cornstarch to thicken, stirring occasionally for 1 minute. Remove from heat.
3. Assemble cake in baking dish. Pour apple pie mixture into the bottom of a prepared 9 x 13 baking dish. Top with the caramel sauce, and then cover with the cake mix. Cover with melted butter.
4. Bake the cake. Bake for 40 minutes, or until the top has started to slightly brown.

Variations

If you want to make this recipe even easier, you can use 2 cans of apple pie filling instead of boiling your own apples. 

How to Serve Apple Dump Cake

Just like apple cobbler and apple pie, this apple dessert is also best served warm with vanilla ice cream. My favorite is vanilla bean ice cream – I think it has just a little more flavor. Sprinkle with more cinnamon and caramel sauce. You can also add whipped cream.

Apple Dump Cake

Author: Emily Pecoraro

Apple Dump Cake is a delicious warm dessert that is as easy as stir, dump and bake. Apples are cooked to perfection with butter, sugar and spices, and then topped with cake mix and caramel sauce. 

4.50 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 40 minutes mins

Total Time 55 minutes mins

Course Cakes

Cuisine American

Servings 8

Calories 399 kcal

Equipment

• 9×13 Glass Baking Dish

Ingredients

  

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For the Apple Pie Filling:

• ▢ 4 apples peeled and cut
• ▢ ½ teaspoon all spice
• ▢ 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ▢ 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter
• ▢ 1 Tablespoon sugar
• ▢ 3 Tablespoons water
• ▢ ½ teaspoon cornstarch
• ▢ ½ cup caramel sauce

For the Cake Mix:

• ▢ 1 box yellow cake mix
• ▢ 1/4 cup unsalted butter melted

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add water, 2 tablespoons butter, sugar, and spices. Bring to a small boil. Add apples. Stir until a small boil again, about 4 minutes. Add cornstarch to thicken, stirring occasionally for 1 minute. Remove from heat.
• Pour apple pie mixture into the bottom of a prepared 9 x 13 baking dish. Top with the caramel sauce, and then cover with the cake mix. Cover with melted butter.
• Bake for 40 minutes, or until the top has started to slightly brown.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 399kcalCarbohydrates: 76gProtein: 3gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 521mgPotassium: 142mgFiber: 3gSugar: 47gVitamin A: 328IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 155mgIron: 1mg

The nutrition information is calculated using online nutrition calculators and may not be accurate. It is provided as a general guide only.

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