A quick and easy apple caramel cake that no one will guess took so little effort to make. The flavors are perfect for fall and the easy dessert makes a great holiday dessert. This 4 ingredient cake is a true dump cake, no mixing bowl needed.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword apple dump cake, caramel apple dump cake
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 45 minutesminutes
Total Time 50 minutesminutes
Servings 10
Calories 455kcal
Ingredients
21ozcan apple pie filling
6ozcaramel sauce½ most jars
1box yellow cake mixswap for spice cake mix if you prefer
1cupmelted unsalted butter2 sticks of butter
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and coat an 8 x 11 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
Dump the canned apples into the baking dish and spread out.
Drizzle the caramel sauce over the apples, spread out with a spoon if there are clumps of caramel bits.
Next, dump the dry cake mix over the layers of apple filling and caramel. Spread the mix out to cover the wet ingredients.
Pour the melted butter over the cake mix layer, Distribute as evenly as you can, but don't fuss over it. The point of this recipe is it keep it super easy.
Bake for 40 to 50 minutes until golden brown at edges.
Serve warm. Top the cake with whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream if you like. Pretty much anything that would be good with apple pie works well with this dessert.
Notes
Pecans are a popular addition to this dump cake. Simply sprinkle ¾ of a cup of chopped pecans over the cake mix, before pouring on the melted butter.