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Caramel Apple Dump Cake

Time: 55 minutes

Yield: 12 servings

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A fall festival caramel apple is transformed into a delicious, comforting dessert! Hooray! Caramel Apple Dump Cake is a simple and tasty way to welcome the cooler weather — jammy, sweet, and beautifully spiced apples and a layer of buttery rich melted caramel hide beneath a yellow cake top! When you serve it warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, Caramel Apple Dump Cake becomes a sweater for the soul!

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Ingredients

  • 2 (20-ounce) cans apple pie filling
  • 1/2 teaspoon allspice
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 (10.8-ounce) bag chewy caramel candies, halved
  • 1 (13.25-15.25-ounce) box super moist butter yellow cake mix
  • 1 1/2 sticks salted butter, cold and cut into 15 slices
  • vanilla ice cream, optional, to taste, for serving

Directions

Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2 -Coat a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.

Step 3 -In the prepared baking dish, add the apple pie filling, the allspice, and the cinnamon and stir to combine. Spread the apple pie filling mixture out evenly.

Step 4 -Sprinkle the caramel halves over the apple pie filling mixture.

Step 5 -Add the cake mix to the baking dish, spreading it out evenly.

Step 6 -Evenly add the cold butter slices on top of the dry cake mix.

Step 7 -Bake, rotating the baking dish halfway through, until the cake layer is cooked through and golden-brown, and the filling is bubbly, about 45 minutes.

Step 8 -Serve warm topped with the ice cream.

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