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Apple Spice Dump Cake recipe with cake mix: warm, gooey apple pie filling with an easy cake mix crumble topping & apple pie spice for fall baking vibes! My fave apple spice dump cake with cinnamon! 5 min prep and only 4 ingredients.
Why We Love This Recipe
- Warm Apple Pie Goodness: ALL the flavor, none of the work! Gooey apple pie filling, crumbly buttery topping, and warm apple pie spice. Yum!
- SO Easy to Make: Dump and sprinkle a few ingredients into a casserole dish (and slice up some butter) and bake this cake. That’s it!
- Just 4 ingredients: No extended grocery list for you!
Apple Spice Dump Cake
When Erik and I first heard of dump cakes, we did the natural thing, and laughed about it. For like 3 whole minutes. Then, we found out why they’re called that and why they’re the best thing ever! All you have to do is dump a few ingredients into a pan and bake it. That’s truly how easy today’s apple spice dump cake is.
From this apple dump cake recipe with cake mix, you can expect warm apple pie filling topped with apple pie spiced crumbly, buttery topping that goes oh-so-well with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Yes, it’s as good as it sounds.
Apple Dump Cake Recipe with Cake Mix Ingredients
- Apple Pie Filling: the best recipe speedup—using canned pie filling you can pick up from the grocery store!
- Apple Pie Spice <— my homemade spice recipe that’s packed with cinnamon, allspice, and delicious cardamom flavor.
- Cake Mix: be sure to use yellow cake mix for delicious, classic flavor.
- Butter: yes, we’ll be using salted butter! It’ll be easier and we can skip an additional ingredient in this apple spice dump cake mix.
How to Make Apple Dump Cake
- Preheat oven to 350°F and coat a 9×13″ baking dish with nonstick spray. Spread apple pie filling in an even layer in the dish and sprinkle with apple pie spice.
- Sprinkle cake mix, then apple pie spice evenly over the apple pie filling.
- Place 1/4-inch slices of butter over the cake mix, being sure to cover it evenly.
- Bake for about 45 minutes, until bubbly and golden brown on top. Enjoy the tastiest recipe for apple pie dump cake!
Tips
- About ½ way through baking, you can carefully stir together any big clumps of cake mix that you see.
- Slice the butter instead of melting it to distribute it evenly over the cake mix. This creates a buttery crumb topping for the dump cake with the least amount of dry bits leftover once baked.
- Use this homemade apple pie spice, it adds an extra layer of flavor and makes this dump cake taste like it’s made from scratch!
Does Apple Dump Cake Need to Be Refrigerated?
Apple spice cake dump cake will be okay to store at room temperature in an airtight container for 1-2 days; for 3-4 days of storage, store it in the refrigerator.
What to Serve with
- Ice Cream: vanilla ice cream, mango ice cream, vanilla bean ice cream, coconut ice cream
- Sauces: caramel sauce, vanilla sauce, even chocolate sauce goes so well on apple cinnamon dump cake!
- Swap the crumble cake mix topping (before baking) with our delicious homemade streusel topping that’s packed with buttery pecan flavor
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More Apple & Cake Recipes
You’ll also love: paleo apple crisp and apple pie breakfast cookies.
Apple Spice Dump Cake – 4 Ingredients!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 (20-ounce) cans apple pie filling
- 1 ¼ teaspoons apple pie spice, divided (click for recipe)
- 1 (15.25-ounce) box yellow cake mix
- ¾ cup salted butter, sliced in ¼-inch thick slices
- For serving: vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 9×13 inch baking dish with nonstick spray. Dump apple pie filling into dish and spread into an even layer. Sprinkle evenly with ½ teaspoon apple pie spice.
- Sprinkle cake mix, then remaining apple pie spice evenly over the apple pie filling.
- Place butter slices over the cake mix, being sure to cover it evenly to reduce white flour patches after baking.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes, until bubbly and golden brown. Mine took 47 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Storing Instructions: Apple spice dump cake can be stored at room temperature for 1-2 days in an airtight container.
- Refrigerator Instructions: You can keep apple cinnamon dump cake for 3-4 days in the refrigerator.
- Freezer Instructions: Store in a freezer-friendly, airtight container for 1-3 months in the freezer. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator and heat in the microwave about 10-30 seconds, until warm.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
