Apple Pie Cake-Mix Cake

Name: Apple Pie Cake-Mix Cake
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 1 9x13-inch baking dish
Ingredients: 2 (21 ounce) cans apple pie filling; 1 (15.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix; ½ cup butter, melted

Rating: 4.39 stars

76 Ratings
58 Reviews
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My mum taught me this recipe when I was just learning to bake, and I still use it for parties as it is a crowd-pleaser. Having only 3 ingredients it is super quick and easy to make. A dollop of vanilla ice cream tops it very well.

By Marya “Marta” Krause

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Recipe Summary

prep:

5 mins

cook:

40 mins

additional:

15 mins

total:

1 hr

Servings:

Yield:

1 9x13-inch baking dish

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 20 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

2 (21 ounce) cans apple pie filling
1 (15.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
½ cup butter, melted

Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Step 2

Pour pie filling into a 9x13-inch baking dish. Sprinkle cake mix evenly over apple pie filling and top with melted butter.
Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until the top starts to turn brown, about 40 minutes. Cool cake 15 minutes before serving.

Cook's Note:

Any pie filling works great with this recipe.

I've found that when serving, it is easier to use a large serving spoon to dollop out a spoonful rather than try and cut it like a cake (the pie filling is NOT a solid base, thus the cut is lost in the cake mix topping).

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

194 calories; protein 1.1g 2% DV; carbohydrates 32.5g 11% DV; fat 7.2g 11% DV; cholesterol 12.6mg 4% DV; sodium 200.8mg 8% DV. Full Nutrition

Reviews (58)

Most helpful positive review

sarJoan

10/01/2015

Easy, simple and delicious. Read More

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Most helpful critical review

Greg Dunn

10/30/2017

Not bad. Super easy but I had a problem with all the cake mix not getting moistened by the apple mix underneath or the butter above. When i reheated it I used more melted butter poured over the top - worked well. Tastes great. Read More

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76 Ratings

5 star values: 50
4 star values: 16
3 star values: 4
2 star values: 2
1 star values: 4

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sarJoan

10/01/2015

Easy, simple and delicious. Read More

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(19)

NeeSee

10/09/2017

I made it following directions only we used a spice cake mix. It turned out amazing, got a lot of compliments and requests for the recipe , no one could believe it was a " dump cake " The spice cake gave it that extra "flavor of fall. Will definitely be making this again for Thanksgiving. Will also try with reg yellow or white cake mix for a anytime dessert. Thank you for sharing. So simple, but oh so good. Read More

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Terri

11/25/2016

Made this for my son's birthday and it was delicious! He likes apple pie and loves cake, so he asked for an "apple pie cake". This was easy to make and the vanilla ice cream did help cut the sweetness so that it didn't taste too sweet. I added cinnamon to the apple pie filling and sprinkled a bit of the cinnamon on top of the cake mix. I also added a half teaspoon of pure vanilla extract to the butter before drizzling on top. Oh, and I let it bake for about 2 minutes extra because it didn't seem brown enough. By the time I took it out of the oven, the apple pie filling was bubbling up through spots. Read More

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Karen

07/09/2016

How could something so easy be so good? All I can say is that it just disappeared in no time with compliments. I was slightly embarrassed to give the easy recipe but I did credit my go-to source Allrecipes. I will use this in the future as an easy favorite. I also served this with vanilla ice cream. Read More

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Joe Hadley

11/15/2017

Had 1 can of apple pie filling plus a can of peaches(7 oz). Put those on the bottom mixed. Sprinkled cinn/sugar mix over that. Put the contents of the yellow cake mix on that and smoothed it out. Drizzled stick of melted butter over the mixture. Sprinkled cinn/sugar mix over it and baked 40 min at 350. Pulled it out and found some powdered areas so I used a fork to mix those areas with fruit under them. Then once all was wet, I put 30 pecan half's on top, and put it back in the oven for 15 minutes until it browned slightly. I will definitely make again. Read More

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