Easy Apple Dump Cake

Apple spice cake with gooey apples on plate with vanilla ice cream.

5 from 17 votes

This easy apple dump cake made with fresh apples takes less than 15 minutes to prep and only requires 6 ingredients! So simple to make but always a crowd pleaser, especially with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream! Prep the recipe in the same dish you bake it in for less mess to clean up!

Prep Time15

Cook Time45

Total Time1 15

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Author: Lorie Yarro

Ingredients

1 box spice cake mix (15.25 oz.) yellow cake can work as well
7-8 medium to large apples, peeled and sliced approx. 8½-10 cups
1 Tbsp cinnamon a pinch of nutmeg added as well is great!
⅓ cup brown sugar, packed
½ cup sugar
¾ - 1 cup cold butter (more as needed, see below)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x13 inch pan well with butter.
Peel and slice apples into 1/4 inch thick pieces, bite sized or long slices. Layer them evenly in the greased baking pan. Add the sugar, brown sugar and cinnamon to the apples and toss to coat evenly. Pour the dry cake mix over top of the apples and spread evenly.
Thinly slice the butter and evenly spread over top of the cake mix trying to cover completely.
Bake the dump cake for about 45-55 minutes, checking to make sure there are no dry spots about half way through. If you see any areas where the butter has not melted into, add a slice of butter to cover the area and continue baking. The apples will be bubbling and the top layer will be golden brown when the apple dump cake is ready.
Allow to cool for 15 minutes before serving. Store in the refrigerator sealed for about 5 days.

Notes

For best results, have extra butter on hand for back up. About half way through baking, make sure there aren't any dry spots where the butter was not absorbed. Add small pieces of butter over these parts. That way you will have a moist top layer throughout!Spice cake mix tends to need a bit more butter than the yellow cake mix. You most likely won't need more with the yellow cake mix.

For a SUPER quick version, you could use two cans of apple pie filling and cover the filling with the cake mix. I much prefer the fresh apples but I get it, sometimes time isn't on our side.

Another time saving tip: don't peel the apples. Some people don't mind the apple peels, some do. If you are trying to cut down on time and want to use fresh apples still, just skip peeling them!

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