Caramel Apple Dump Cake
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This Caramel Apple Dump Cake melds all of your favorite fall flavors and “dumps” them into a baking dish, resulting in a scrumptious apple caramel cake that is delicious with a velvety scoop of vanilla ice cream!
More tasty desserts right this way! Next, try my Best Baked Apples, Apple Pie, Apple Dutch Baby, Apple Cinnamon Pancakes, and Super Easy Apple Cobbler.
Why This Recipe Works
Easiest Cake Ever: Seriously, this caramel apple dump cake is the easiest cake you can ever make. No mixing necessary!! Just layer the ingredients and bake. It turns out similar to a cobbler, but with a bit more substance and a delicious caramel apple combination.
Fall Flavors: This is the perfect fall-inspired dessert to make when you want something delicious but easy to make. The easy apple filling is perfectly sweet and spiced, and the caramel adds a touch of extra sweetness that balances out the slightly tart apples!
Ingredients
- Werther’s Soft Caramels: Chill the soft caramels so that they are super easy to cut into halves before baking.
Here’s How to Make It
- Preheat & Start Assembly: Preheat the oven to 350. Spread the apple pie filling across the bottom of a large, deep baking dish. (photo 2)
- Prep Caramels: With a sharp knife, half the caramels and scatter them evenly across the pie filling. (photo 3)
- Combine Dry Ingredients: Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and sprinkle the mixture over the apple pie filling so it is as covered as possible. (photos 1 & 4)
- Add Melted Butter: Sprinkle over the melted butter so it covers as much as the flour mixture as possible. (photo 5)
- Bake: Bake for 45 minutes, until the top is golden and the pie filling has started to bubble through. (photo 6)
- Rest & Serve: Allow to rest for 10 minutes before serving with vanilla ice cream.
Expert Tips
- Serve it warm! The best way to serve this easy caramel apple dump cake is warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. If you don’t have ice cream, try it with some whipped cream!
- Add pecans! For a nutty addition, add some crushed pecans! They also add a lovely texture.
- Use a cake box mix for ease, and omit the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Then sprinkle a little cinnamon on the cake for the added flavor.
Frequently Asked Questions
Caramel apple dump cake can be stored well covered at room temperature for up to 2 days, or in the refrigerator for up to 5 days! Zap it quickly in the microwave to get it warm again.
Yes! If you have never made a cake in the slow cooker, it is actually possible! Assemble the cake just as you would for baking, and cook on high for 2 hours. Put some paper towels underneath the lid to absorb the moisture and allow the top to firm up. If you have a smaller crock pot, half the recipe.
More Fall-Inspired Dessert Recipes
- Pumpkin Cookies with Brown Sugar Frosting
- Caramel Butter Bars
- Spice Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting
- Mini Salted Caramel Cheesecake
- Caramel Pecan Pumpkin Cheesecake
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Caramel Apple Dump Cake
Ingredients
- 2 21 oz cans of apple pie filling
- 16 Werther's soft caramels, chilled, see note
- 2 ¼ cups flour
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ¾ tsp salt
- ¾ tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup melted butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350. Spread the apple pie filling across the bottom of a large, deep baking dish.
- With a sharp knife, half the caramels and scatter them evenly across the pie filling.
- Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and sprinkle the mixture over the apple pie filling so it is as covered as possible.
- Sprinkle over the melted butter so it covers as much as the flour mixture as possible.
- Bake for 45 minutes, until the top is golden and the pie filling has started to bubble through.
- Allow to rest for 10 minutes before serving with vanilla ice cream.
Notes
- If you wish to make this dump cake with boxed mix, substitute it for the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt, and sprinkle the cinnamon over the top before adding the butter.
- Chilling the caramels makes halving them much easier!
- To make this Caramel Apple Dump Cake in the Slow Cooker follow the same assembly method and cook for 2 hours on high with a couple of folded pieces of kitchen paper under the lid to absorb the moisture and to help the top firm up. Half the recipe for smaller slow cookers.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can I just use fresh apple slices instead of apple pie filling?
I don’t think it would work as well. There would be a lack of moisture. It could just dry out and not taste as good. The caramels would also sink to the bottom of your pan and possibly burn and stick to the bottom. You can make a homemade apple pie filling if you don’t want to use canned.