Caramel Apple Dump Cake Recipe
Have you ever made a dump cake? I know the name sounds really weird and you probably don’t want to eat anything with the word ‘dump’ in it, but you need to get past the name and give it a try. This caramel apple dump cake is delicious and even more delicious with vanilla ice cream and caramel topping!
Supplies for Caramel Apple Dump Cake:
2 cans of apple pie filling
1 ½ teaspoons of ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon of nutmeg
A little more nutmeg and cinnamon for sprinkling on the top of the cake
11 ounce bag of caramels
1 box of white cake mix
1 stick of butter
Caramel Apple Dump Cake Recipe
Caramel Apple Dump Cakes have been around forever. Once you’ve tasted it you’ll know why! The apple, caramel, and vanilla ice cream is a quick and easy dessert everyone will love!
Ingredients:
- 2 Cans of apple pie filling
- 1 ½ teaspoons of ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon of nutmeg
- A little more nutmeg and cinnamon for sprinkling on the top of the cake
- 11 ounce bag of caramels
- 1 box of white cake mix
- 1 stick of butter
Directions:
- Place the apple pie filling in a bowl and add the cinnamon and nutmeg and mix well.
- Pour the apples in the baking dish and even them out.
- Open the caramels and place them on the apples. Try to spread them evenly over the top.
- Spread the cake mix over the apples and caramels.
- Place the butter on the cake mix.
- Sprinkle with a little cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Bake at 350° for 45 minutes.
- Serve warm with vanilla ice cream and caramel topping.
Sometimes I like to dream about food and a cake that’s named “dump cake” gives me a lot to dream about. I have no idea how long this cake has been around or how the tradition of dumping things in a baking pan began, but I have a theory.
I think that many, many years ago some poor mommy worked hard all day and finished the laundry, mopped the floors, washed the windows, fixed dinner, helped the kiddos with the homework, and sat down in front of the fireplace to get warm and catch her breath. Then she noticed one of her kids standing in the doorway with a sad little look on his face. When she asked him what was wrong he told her he needed a cake to take to school for the bake sale. You see, the school needed to raise money for a wood burning stove so all the kiddos would be warm.
The sweet mommy hugged her little boy and told him she would make a cake. She drug herself into the kitchen, pulled out a pan and dumped a bunch of ingredients into the pan. As she looked at it she realized she was too tired to even stir anything and popped the pan in the stove. She sat there for forty-five minutest, pulled the cake from the oven and went to bed.
The next morning her sweet little forgetful boy took the cake to school and everyone went crazy for it. They wanted to know what the cake was called and asked if they could have the recipe. The mother said she just dumped everything in a pan and baked it. They laughed and all started calling it ‘The Dump Cake.”
So absolutely none of that story is true, but that is what lives in my head. Guess what? Now it’s in your head and I’m sorry for that! 😉
No matter who made the first dump cake or why they did it, I’m glad they did. It’s delicious.
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- Begin with two 21 ounce cans of apple pie filling.
- Place them in a bowl and add 1 ½ teaspoons of cinnamon and ½ teaspoon of nutmeg and stir it well.
- Pour the apples into a baking dish.
- Top the apples with the caramels.
- Sprinkle the white cake mix on top of the apples and the caramels.
- Place pieces of the butter on top of the cake mix.
- Sprinkle the top with a little cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Bake at 350 for forty-five minutes.
- Serve with ice cream drizzled with caramel topping.
Caramel Apple Dump Cake Recipe:
Here’s a little video for you!
I hope you enjoy this recipe. It’s almost effortless with just a few ingredients to pour and bake for a caramel apple cake you won’t forget!
Bear hugs,
Hello! I love your blog and specially your youtube channel. A learn a lot there.
I would like to know if you have any apple filling recipe because here in Argentina do not exist nothing like that so i have to made ir homemade.
Thank you very much
Wow and WOW! Sounds so easy and with your beautiful photos, it looks amazing!!
Made a “dump cake” for the first time back in the 70’s. It was easy. A friend stopped by during dinner but had already eaten so I fixed her a plate from the dump cake. We’d all been laughing about the name. Someone jokingly told my friend to call after she’d tried it to make sure she lived. We finished dinner and then all had a bowl of the dump cake ourselves. After the dessert, someone realized that my friend had never called us back. HAHAHA
Your recipe made me laugh, remembering to way back then.
This caramel/apple version looks delish so I’m gonna give it a “go”.
Tavette – S. Fla. What size pan did you use?
Lisa, I love making dump cakes. Gooey Butter Cake is a staple in St. Louis. Supposedly it was “invented” here. (?) Anyway, I can’t wait to give yours a try. It looks so good! 🙂
Hi Lisa! I haven’t made a dump cake in a couple years and I have no idea why! This version, Caramel Apple is one I need to make and soon, too. It’s way to delicious looking to pass up plus, throw in vanilla ice cream and it is a MUST!!!
LOVE your story for this recipe! I know my family would love this, hopefully I can make it soon.
It had been a drab week up here in Northwest Indiana with back 2 back nights of frozen pre-packaged taquitos and leftovers … your Dump Cake Recipe to the rescue last Thursday. NO ONE trusted the idea or the recipe EVERYONE loved it. I was asked more than once, “Are you SUUUUURE we just dump the box of cake mix ontop????” Great post. Our Thursday night thanks you! ????