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Apple Dump Cake is a sweet and savory warm apple dessert that is pure goodness! Easy to dump all ingredients together and enjoy an irresistible fall treat.
Apples are in season and these desserts are delicious! For more apple favorites, try this Caramel Apple Slab Pie, Caramel Apple Upside Down Cake or Old Fashioned Apple Cobbler.
Easy Apple Dump Cake
Fall is upon us and apples are falling from trees. This favorite apple dump cake is perfect to enjoy this fall. It is simple to combine all the ingredients and bake. Easy recipe that only has five ingredients. Warm delicious dessert is a family favorite and can feed a crowd!
Gooey apple fruit filling satisfies every sweet tooth out there. Make this with fresh or canned apples this fall season. Add an extra touch by adding toppings or having a few variations with fruit mixtures.
What is the Difference Between a Dump Cake and a Cobbler?
A dump cake is very similar to cobbler dessert. They both have baked fruit dessert topping with a type of crust. Fruit is the main ingredient that can be fresh, frozen or canned and baked in a baking pan all together. Cobblers have more of a crumb topping compared to a dump cake.
Dump cake is a cake with a cake box mixture in the ingredients. Both are a favorite fall dessert and can be made year round. Dutch oven, slow cooker or baked are a few ways that a cobbler is cooked whereas a dump cake is usually cake like and baked in the oven.
Apple Cake Ingredients:
Only five ingredients that are easy to have on hand makes this a simple cake recipe that is heavenly! Sweet and savory in every bite topped with vanilla ice cream or caramel to enhance the dessert even more.
- Apple Fruit Filling: Pick your favorite cans of apple filling or peel fresh apples.
- Yellow Cake Mix: Box yellow cake mix is perfect to
- Cinnamon: Added for flavor and a hint of spice.
- Pecans: Chopped and mixed together.
- Butter: This is placed on top of the crust while being baked.
How to Make a Dump Cake from Scratch:
Simply combine the ingredients together and bake until golden brown. This is a perfect dessert to share with friends and family. It is ooey and gooey right out of the oven and ready to be served right away!
- Prepare Baking Pan: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9×13 inch pan and place apples evenly into the bottom.
- Combine Ingredients: In a medium sized bowl combine the cake mix, cinnamon and chopped pecans. Sprinkle evenly over the top of the cake.
- Bake Dump Cake: Add the cubed butter to the top of the cake. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly.
Add a Topping to the Apple Dump Cake:
This apple dump cake is perfect by itself of add a few fun and delicious toppings to. Some favorites that we have enjoyed are homemade salted caramel sauce, vanilla ice cream or keeping it simple with whipped cream. Garnish with a few more pecans and your apple dump cake dessert is ready to WOW your friends and family!
Tips and Variations:
You can’t go wrong with this delicious dump cake recipe. It is a Tried and True favorite and loved by all. My kids beg for this recipe every fall season and we love to enjoy it as the temperatures are cooling down and we can warm up to a fresh tasting apple dessert!
- Cake Mix: Enjoy spice cake mix for a fall/halloween dessert recipe.
- Fresh Apples: For a different texture and taste use fresh apples that are peeled and sliced for adding to the baking pan.
- Best Apples: Gala, honey crisp, granny apple or a mixture of all.
- Spread the Cake: Be sure to evenly spread the cake batter in the cake pan so that the cake bakes evenly.
- Clumps while Baking: If you have clumps in the cake mix carefully shake and more the cake pan around until it appears more even. Using a fork also helps break up the clumps.
Storing Apple Dump Cake Recipe:
I will be shocked if you have any apple dump cake left overs! If you do, you are in luck because it does store very well to enjoy for another day.
- Room Temperature: Simply leave the cooked dump cake on the counter for 1 to 2 days long. Warm up using the microwave or oven to reheat.
- Refrigerate: Place the leftover apple dump cake in a dish and place in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days long. When ready to warm up use a microwave or bake tin the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Freeze: It is best not to freezer this apple cake recipe. Cakes are harder to freeze and this cake tends to fall apart and become crumbly after it has been sitting in the freezer.
More Delicious Apple Recipes:
- Caramel Apple Upside Down Cake
- Crumb-Topping Apple Coffee Cake
- Caramel Toffee Apple Cake
- Caramel Apple Cupcakes
- Wacky Cake
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Apple Dump Cake
Ingredients
- 2 (21-ounce) cans apple fruit filling
- 1 (15.25-ounce) box yellow cake mix
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup cubed unsalted butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- 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 unsalted butter on top of the cake mixture.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly.
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Hi there!
I was looking at your “dump cakes” which look amazing and I thought would be a nice change from apple crumble!
I know the recipe is supposed to be simple, but how could I substitute the cake mix and I would like the cake to be diabetic friendly. Am I back to using my standard crumble mix?
Was also thinking of using fresh apples for Rosh Hashanah! Any additional suggestions?
Many thanks.
I’m so glad you’re excited about the dump cakes! I’m sorry, I’m not an expert in diabetic-friendly cooking, so I’d recommend checking a trusted diabetic recipe resource to make sure any swaps are safe and work well. A crumble topping you already love could be a great option, and fresh apples for Rosh Hashanah sound absolutely delicious!
So easy and SO delicious!!! I will be making this again and again!
Thanks for the comment! I’m so glad you liked it!
Very easy and delish! Vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce put it over the top!
Great recipe!
This cake turned out so lousy….the top did not bake with the bottom and stayed on top. So I just mixed it all together and put it back in the oven for about 15 minutes more. I believe the cake mix should have been on the bottom of the pan and the rest of the ingredients on the top of the cake. Put the butter melted into the cake.
Hello Patricia , sorry your Apple pie dump cake didn’t turn out like you expected. The yellow cake and the cinnamon and pecans mixed together is put on top of the apple pie filling then just add the butter pieces on the top and bake it . The cake mixture is meant too be on the top as it is an Apple Crisp . Please try again and please let me know as I am going too try this recipe, Thank You and stay safe always, Dee❤️
For the Peach dump cake recipe, when using fresh peaches the tip suggested making a simple syrup from sugar/water. This recipe omits that suggestion for fresh apples. Is that correct? Oh well, we are going to find out.
You can definitely add simple syrup to your apples as well if you prefer a sweeter, softer filling!
I love this recipe! This time I used a spice cake mix in place of the yellow cake mix and it was wonderful. Thank you for sharing this recipe!!
Add raisins and you’ve got me hooked.
LOVE THIS AND SO EASY. I HAVE ALSO USED CHERRY PIE FILLING…MMMM