Apple Dump Cake
An easy Apple Dump Cake recipe with fresh apples, cake mix, and butter. Just dump, bake, and enjoy warm with ice cream!
Servings: 12 servings (1 cup each)
Calories: 375kcal
Equipment
- 9x13'' Oven-Safe Dish
Ingredients
- 3 Granny Smith apples peeled, and medium dice, (3 cups, 660g uncut) $2.39
- 3 Honey Crisp apples peeled, and medium dice, (3 cups, 625g uncut) $4.49
- ½ cup granulated sugar 110g, $0.19
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon $0.10
- ⅛ tsp ground nutmeg $0.01
- ⅛ tsp salt $0.01
- 1 box yellow cake mix* 15.25 oz/425g. box, $1.12*
- 1 cup butter melted, (2 sticks) $1.21
Instructions
- Gather and prepare all ingredients. Preheat your oven to 350°F/180C/160C fan or Gas Mark 4.
- Peel and cut the apples into medium-sized cubes and place them in a 9x13 oven-safe dish.
- Pour the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt on top of the apples and toss to coat. Spread out evenly to fit the pan.
- Sprinkle the dry cake mix evenly over the apples, covering them completely.**
- Evenly pour the melted butter over the cake mix, covering as much as possible.
- Bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes, until the top is golden brown and the apples are tender.
- Remove the apple dump cake from the oven and enjoy.
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Notes
*You can also use a white cake box mix. I use the Great Value deluxe moist yellow box cake from Walmart, which is a richer, denser, and more moist cake. The white box cake will be more delicate and fluffier. You can even try a spiced cake box mix. If you're in the UK we tested this using a 425g box of Betty Crocker Velvety Vanilla Cake Mix which you can purchase as most large supermarkets.
**I know your instinct is to mix everything together, but DON’T! It’s called “dump” cake for a reason. Just layer the ingredients and pop it in the oven.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 375kcal | Carbohydrates: 57g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 17g | Sodium: 461mg | Fiber: 3g