Description
Comfort meets simplicity in this effortless caramel apple dump cake, where sweet orchard fruits mingle with rich caramel in a rustic dessert. Warm spices and buttery crumbles invite you to savor each delightful, homemade bite.
Ingredients
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Main Ingredients:
- 6 medium apples
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 1 cup caramel sauce
Topping Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
Additional Ingredients:
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and generously grease a 9×13-inch baking dish to prevent sticking.
- Wash, core, and slice apples into thin, uniform wedges, ensuring even distribution across the baking dish.
- Arrange the apple slices in a single layer, creating a consistent base that covers the entire bottom of the dish.
- Drizzle caramel sauce evenly over the apple layer, allowing it to seep between the fruit slices.
- Sprinkle ground cinnamon and salt across the caramel-coated apples for enhanced flavor complexity.
- Pour the dry yellow cake mix directly over the apple and caramel layer, creating an even, blanket-like coverage.
- Melt unsalted butter and mix with brown sugar, creating a rich, crumbly topping mixture.
- Stir vanilla extract into the butter-sugar mixture, ensuring a smooth and fragrant blend.
- Carefully distribute the butter-sugar mixture across the top of the dry cake mix, covering as much surface area as possible.
- Transfer the baking dish to the preheated oven and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until the top turns golden brown and the edges become crispy.
- Remove from the oven and let the dump cake cool for 10-15 minutes to allow the caramel and cake to set.
- Serve warm, optionally garnishing with additional caramel sauce or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Notes
- Slice apples uniformly to ensure even cooking and consistent texture throughout the dump cake.
- Create a layer of caramel between apples and cake mix for extra moisture and rich flavor depth.
- Adjust baking time slightly for different oven types, watching for golden-brown top and crispy edges as the key doneness indicator.
- Experiment with alternative cake mixes like spice or vanilla to create unique flavor variations of this classic dessert.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 12g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 43g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg