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My recipe for Apple Dump Cake with fresh apples is a comforting but easy dessert recipe the whole family will love! Made with fresh apples and box cake mix, this is a simple Fall dessert that takes under an hour to come together.
Apple Dump Cake Recipes Ingredients
- Granny Smith apples – or any preferred baking apple*
- Lemon juice
- Ground cinnamon
- Light brown sugar, packed
- Box yellow cake mix
- Unsalted butter, melted
*When picking apples for dump cake, make sure to pick good baking apples. Good baking apples include braeburn, golden delicious, honeycrisp, granny smith, or pink lady apples. These apples hold up well to baking.
How to Make Apple Dump Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350℉. Spray a 9 by 2-inch round baking dish, or 8 by 8-inch square baking dish, lightly with oil spray.
- Start by peeling, coring, and slicing the apples into thin slices (no thicker than ⅛ of an inch).
- Tip the apple slices into the casserole dish and add lemon juice, cinnamon, and sugar. Mix well to coat the apples evenly.
- Sprinkle cake mix over the top as evenly as possible.
- Slowly drizzle melted butter over the top, making sure to cover all the cake mix.
- Bake for 45 minutes until the top is golden and crisp.
This amazing Apple Dump Cake recipe serves 6-8 people, and takes minimal effort for a super delicious treat! It’s perfect for a holiday gathering or potluck.
Apple Dump Cake with Fresh Apples
I love it when the cooler weather rolls around and apples are in their prime! One of my favorite homemade apple recipes to make using all those delicious in-season apples is this fresh apple dump cake.
This apple dump cake recipe with fresh apples is heartening and warm, but perfectly easy to make. All you have to do is add 6 simple ingredients to a baking dish and pop it in the oven!
Dump cake recipes like this one are perfect for the holidays. They save so much time and energy so you can spend more time with your loved ones!
Easy Apple Dump Cake with Fresh Apples FAQs
Apple dump cake is a quick and easy dessert using a single baking dish and 6 ingredients, including fresh apples and box cake mix. It’s called a dump cake because of how the ingredients are “dumped” into a dish and baked. Crisp on top and bubbly underneath with a soft apple filling, apple dump cake is an irresistible Fall dessert.
Although it can be left out of the refrigerator when serving, any leftover dump cake should be refrigerated. You can store leftover apple dump cake in the refrigerator for up to 5 days kept in an airtight container or in the baking dish wrapped with plastic wrap or foil.
Reheating Apple Dump Cake
Reheat apple dump cake in the oven at 325℉ for about 10 minutes until heated through, or in the microwave by heating in 30 second intervals until heated through.
Can you freeze apple dump cake?
You can freeze apple dump cake by storing in a freezer-safe container wrapped in foil for up to 3 months. Make sure to label with the date. Thaw it in the refrigerator overnight, then reheat as instructed above.
Apple Dump Cake Recipe Tips
- You can use any kind of baking apple you prefer, though Granny Smiths are perfect for this dish. They have a nice balance of tart and sweet that works well with the sugar ratio. I’d also recommend trying Pink Lady apples.
- You can make this a caramel apple dump cake with fresh apples by adding caramel sauce on top or mixed in with the apple filling – it is so delicious!
More Dump Cake Recipes
Fresh Apple Recipes
- Slow Cooker Applesauce
- Stewed Apples
- Ina Garten Apple Crisp
- Sliced Baked Apples
- Caramel Apple Empanadas
- Almond and Apple Crostata
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Apple Dump Cake with Fresh Apples
Equipment
- Olive oil spray
Ingredients
- 6 Granny Smith apples
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅓ cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- ¾ cup unsalted butter (1.5 sticks) melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉. Spray a 9 inch round baking dish, or 8 by 8-inch square baking dish, lightly with oil spray.
- Start by peeling, coring, and slicing the apples into thin slices (no thicker than ⅛ of an inch).6 Granny Smith apples
- Tip the apple slices into the casserole dish and add lemon juice, cinnamon, and sugar. Mix well to coat the apples evenly.1 tablespoon lemon juice, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, ⅓ cup light brown sugar
- Sprinkle cake mix over the top as evenly as possible.1 box yellow cake mix
- Slowly drizzle melted butter over the top, making sure to cover all the cake mix.¾ cup unsalted butter (1.5 sticks)
- Bake for 45 minutes until the top is golden and crisp.
Notes
- You can use any kind of baking apple you prefer, though Granny Smiths are perfect for this dish. They have a nice balance of tart and sweet that works well with the sugar ratio. I’d also recommend trying Pink Lady apples.
- You can make this a caramel apple dump cake with fresh apples by adding caramel sauce on top or mixed in with the apple filling – it is so delicious!
We have apples languishing on our kitchen counter that would be perfect for this! Sounds wonderful.