Apple Dump Cake Recipe

Apple dump cake is a delicious, simple anytime dessert? Tender fruit and a rich, buttery cake covered with crunchy crumbs – queue the applause!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword 3-ingredient cake recipes, apple cake recipes, cake mix recipes, dump cake recipes

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 1

Total Time 1 10

Servings Servings

Calories 313kcal

Author Kathleen

Preheat the oven to 350 °F. Spray a 9 X 13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
Pour both cans of apple pie filling (2 (20-ounce) cans) into the prepared baking dish.
Evenly spread cake mix (1 box) over the top of the filling and press down firmly. Arrange butter slices (24 slices) evenly over the cake mix.
Bake in the preheated oven for 50-60 minutes, or until the top is deep golden brown and bubbly. Let set a few minutes and serve.

Butter: Slicing the butter is the key to ensuring the perfect topping texture, and you really don’t want to cut any corners (literally) in evenly arranging the slices across the cake mix. Starting with a really cold stick of butter will help with the slicing.
- Some recipes suggest melting the butter first, but, while that takes a teeny bit of the prep time off my recipe, the results just aren’t as good. Pouring or drizzling isn’t the most precise technique in the first place, but I also find the butter separates a bit during the melting process, and you may find soggy little pockets that impact the texture of this cakey cobbler in a negative way.