This caramel apple dump cake recipe starts with fresh apples and plenty of cinnamon sugar, then is topped with a soft cake layer and ends with gooey caramel. Delicious, no one will know it started with a cake mix!
Ingredients
2.5poundsgranny smith applesabout 8 apples
¾cupbrown sugarpacked
1 ½teaspoonscinnamon
¾cuppecanschopped (optional)
15.25yellow cake mixdry mix only
1cupbuttersalted, about 8 ounces
3/4cupcaramel saucetopping, about 6 ounces
Ice creamoptional
Instructions
Grease a 9x13 pan with spray oil. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Peel, core and slice apples into ¼ inch slices and place in a large bowl.
In a small bowl mix together brown sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle the cinnamon mixture over the apples and stir to coat.
Pour apples into the prepared dish so they spread out evenly as possible, then sprinkle with chopped pecans (optional).
Dump the dry yellow cake mix evenly over apples and pecans. Spread lightly and but evenly with a spatula.
Slice butter into thin pats. Place butter all over the cake, covering as much cake mix surface as possible.
Bake for 45-50 minutes. Cake will be lightly browned on top and bubbly around the edges. Let cool for a few minutes before serving.
Drizzle with caramel sauce and enjoy! You can add an extra drizzle of caramel on the plate if you like, and it's extra delicious with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Notes
Nutritional valuation is an estimate and does not include optional pecans.