Apple Dump Cake
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This Apple Dump Cake is your new dessert BFF. You can just toss it together, pop it in the oven, and let the magic happen. Sweet, simple, and seriously so delicious. If you love apple desserts, you have to try my Apple Dapple cake next!
A Reader’s Review
So easy and SO delicious!!! I will be making this again and again!
– Alexis
Why You’ll Be Obsessed With This Recipe
- 5-Ingredients! Just five everyday ingredients come together for a cozy dessert with almost no prep.
- Top It Your Way! You can add ice cream, caramel, nuts, whipped cream, or any combination of these. Or eat the cake as is!
- Tried & Loved by Many: With so many rave reviews, you can trust this one’s a keeper. It brings that warm, gooey comfort vibe every time.
Apple Dump Cake Ingredients
- Cake Mix Switch! You can change up the flavor of the cake mix. Apple dump cake would be delicious with a spice cake mix.
How to Make Apple Dump Cake
This is the dessert I turn to when my sweet tooth is calling, but I’m not in the mood for critical baking! You just dump, sprinkle, butter, and bake! You can also make my peach dump cake for a unique twist!
- Prep: Preheat the oven to 350°F, then spray a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. Spread the apple fruit filling evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan.
- Dry Ingredients: In a medium-sized bowl, combine yellow cake mix, cinnamon, and chopped pecans.
- Cake Mix: Sprinkle the cake mixture evenly over the apple pie filling.
- Butter & Bake: Place pieces of salted butter on top of the cake mixture, then bake for 50-60 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly. Serve the apple dump cake warm with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
Spread 2 (21-ounce) cans apple fruit filling evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan. In a medium-sized bowl, combine 1 (15.25-ounce) box yellow cake mix, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, and ½ cup chopped pecans. Sprinkle the cake mixture evenly over the apple pie filling.
Place pieces of 1 cup cubed salted butter on top of the cake mixture.
Bake for 50-60 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly.
Storing & Reheating
- Room Temperature: Wrap the pan with plastic wrap or foil and leave the dump cake on the counter for 1-2 days.
- Refrigerate: Place the leftover apple dump cake in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.
- Reheat: When ready to warm up, use a microwave or bake in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit until warmed through.
Calories: 324kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 2gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 41mgSodium: 449mgPotassium: 42mgFiber: 1gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 473IUCalcium: 102mgIron: 1mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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