This cozy caramel apple cake recipe is the ultimate easy dessert for fall! With gooey caramel, sweet apples, and a buttery golden brown topping, this Caramel Apple Cake recipe delivers all the flavor of an old-fashioned apple pie with virtually no prep time. This is the perfect dessert for a cozy night at home. Top it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of caramel sauce for a family favorite that everyone will love.
Ingredient description
- Apple Pie Filling: The base of this delicious apple dessert that delivers tender, sweet apples and comforting spices in every bite.
- Pumpkin Pie Spice: Adds warmth and depth; you can also substitute apple pie spice for extra fall flavor.
- Caramel syrup: Creates a gooey caramel swirl that makes this dessert irresistible.
- White cake mix: Secret shortcut – just sprinkle this dry cake mix on top! You can also try yellow cake mix, spice cake mix, or French vanilla cake mix for interesting flavors.
- Salted butter: As it bakes, melted butter turns the top of the cake mix into a crispy, golden-brown crust with a buttery flavor.
- Vanilla Ice Cream and Caramel Sauce: Optional, but if you ask us, it’s the best part – especially when the cake is warm.
No! Just spread the mixture evenly and let the melted butter soak in and it will form its own crust while baking.
Any dry cake mix will work! Try buying white, yellow, spice, or French vanilla cake mix from the grocery store.
Absolutely. It’s one of the easiest desserts to make in a slow cooker or pan, just cook on low for 4 hours or on high for 2 hours until the filling is bubbly and the top is golden.
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Caramel Apple Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and coat a 9×13-inch baking pan with cooking spray. Spread canned apple pie filling evenly over bottom of pan.
- Sprinkle pumpkin pie spice over the top of the apple pie filling.
- Drizzle the caramel syrup evenly over the spices. Using a spatula, swirl the caramel syrup into the lightly filled apple pie. Do not mix completely.
- Unwrap the cake mixture and spread it over the top as evenly as possible.
- Cut each piece of butter into 12 cubes as evenly as possible and spread the butter evenly over the cake mix. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until top of cake is golden brown throughout.
- If the edges brown before the center, cover them with aluminum foil for the remaining baking time.
- Let the cake cool for at least 10 minutes, then serve warm with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce (optional).
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Caramel Apple Cake
This cozy caramel apple cake recipe is the ultimate easy dessert for fall! And it only requires 5 ingredients to make!
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Calories: Chapter 355kilocalories | carbohydrate: 52gram | protein: 2gram | Fat: No. 17gram | Saturated fat: 10gram | Polyunsaturated fat: 1gram | Monounsaturated fat: 4gram | Trans fats: 1gram | cholesterol: 41milligrams | sodium: Chapter 441milligrams | Potassium: 63milligrams | fiber: 1gram | sugar: 30gram | Vitamin A: Chapter 499IU | Vitamin C: 1milligrams | calcium: 94milligrams | iron: 1milligrams
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